REVENUE (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]

REVENUE

Disaggregation of Revenue

We disaggregate our revenue from contracts with customers by geographic region, end market, and timing of transfer of products and services to customers, as we believe these categories best depict how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of our revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. Disaggregated revenue is presented for each of our reportable segments. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to our organizational change as described in Note 17, "Segment Information."



	Three Months Ended January 31, 2020						Three Months Ended January 31, 2019
	Communications Solutions Group		Electronic Industrial Solutions Group		Total		Communications Solutions Group		Electronic Industrial Solutions Group		Total
	(in millions)						(in millions)
Region
Americas	$	386	$	61	$	447	$	346	$	57	$	403
Europe	115		71		186		115		63		178
Asia Pacific	317		145		462		288		137		425
Total net revenue	$	818	$	277	$	1,095	$	749	$	257	$	1,006

End Market
Aerospace, Defense & Government	$	245	$	—	$	245	$	223	$	—	$	223
Commercial Communications	573		—		573		526		—		526
Electronic Industrial	—		277		277		—		257		257
Total net revenue	$	818	$	277	$	1,095	$	749	$	257	$	1,006

Timing of Revenue Recognition
Revenue recognized at a point in time	$	701	$	250	$	951	$	652	$	235	$	887
Revenue recognized over time	117		27		144		97		22		119
Total net revenue	$	818	$	277	$	1,095	$	749	$	257	$	1,006

Contract Balances

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in billed accounts receivable, unbilled receivables (contract assets) and deferred revenue (contract liabilities) on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. In addition, we defer and capitalize certain costs incurred to obtain a contract (contract costs).

Contract assets - Contract assets represent unbilled amounts from arrangements for which we have performed by transferring goods or services to the customer in advance of receiving all or partial consideration for such goods and services from the customer. Contract assets arise primarily from service agreements and products delivered pending a formal customer acceptance, which generally occurs within 30 days. The contract assets balance was $48 million and $34 million at January 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, respectively, and is included in "accounts receivables, net" in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Contract costs - We recognize an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. We have determined that certain employee and third-party representative commissions programs meet the requirements to be capitalized. Employee commissions are based on the achievement of order volume compared to a sales target. Third-party representative commission costs relate directly to a customer contract as the commission is tied to orders contracted through and contracts arranged by our third-party representatives. Without obtaining the contracts, the commissions would not be paid and, as such, are determined to be an incremental cost to obtaining a contract. We only defer these costs when we have determined the commissions are, in fact, incremental and would not have been incurred absent the customer contract.

Capitalized incremental costs are allocated to the individual performance obligations in proportion to the transaction price allocated to each performance obligation and amortized based on the pattern of performance for the underlying performance obligation. Contract costs related to initial contracts and renewals are amortized over the same period because the commissions paid on both the initial contract and renewals are commensurate with one another.

The following table provides a roll-forward of our capitalized contract costs, current and non-current:



	Three Months Ended
	January 31, 2020			January 31, 2019
	(in millions)
Beginning balance	$	28		$	—
Costs capitalized on November 1, 2018 due to ASC 606 adoption	—			29
Costs capitalized during the period	16			17
Costs amortized during the period	(16		)	(18		)
Foreign currency translation impact	—			1
Ending balance	$	28		$	29

Contract liabilities - Our contract liabilities consist of deferred revenue that arises when we receive consideration in advance of providing the goods or services promised in the contract. Contract liabilities are primarily generated from customer deposits received in advance of shipments for products or rendering of services and are recognized as revenue when services are provided to the customer. We classify deferred revenue as current or non-current based on the timing of when we expect to recognize revenue. Contract liabilities are recognized as revenue when services are provided to the customer.

The following table provides a roll-forward of our contract liabilities, current and non-current:



	Three Months Ended
	January 31, 2020			January 31, 2019
	(in millions)
Balance at October 31	$	510		$	461
Impact of adopting new revenue standard	—			(64		)
Balance at November 1	510			397
Deferral of revenue billed in current period, net of recognition	161			167
Revenue recognized that was deferred as of the beginning of the period	(132		)	(124		)
Foreign currency translation impact	—			3
Balance at January 31	$	539		$	443

Remaining Performance Obligations

Revenue expected to be recognized in any future period related to remaining performance obligations, excluding revenue pertaining to contracts that have an original expected duration of one year or less, was approximately $329 million as of January 31, 2020, and represents the company’s obligation to deliver products and services and obtain customer acceptance on delivered products. Since we typically invoice customers at contract inception, this amount is included in our current and long-term deferred revenue balances. As of January 31, 2020, we expect to recognize approximately 37% of the revenue related to these unsatisfied performance obligations during the remainder of 2020, 33% during 2021, and 30% thereafter.