SPECIAL ITEMS - Employee-Separation Programs (Details) - Employee-Separation Programs - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			15 Months Ended
	Oct. 30, 2016	Nov. 01, 2020	Nov. 03, 2019	Oct. 29, 2017	Oct. 29, 2017
Employee-Separation Programs
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax	$ 11		$ 30	$ 102	$ 113
Employee-separation programs savings				$ 70
Forecasted
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs savings		$ 30
Agriculture and Turf
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)			62.00%	75.00%
Construction and Forestry
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)			8.00%	17.00%
Financial Services
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)			30.00%	8.00%
Cost of Sales
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)			18.00%	30.00%
Research and Development
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)			2.00%	16.00%
Selling, Administrative and General Expenses
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)			80.00%	54.00%