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INVENTORIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2016
INVENTORIES |
Major Classification of Inventories | If all inventories had been valued on a FIFO basis, estimated inventories by major classification at October 31 in millions of dollars would have been as follows:
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Raw materials and supplies |  | $ | 1,369 |  | $ | 1,559 |
Work-in-process |  |  | 453 |  |  | 450 |
Finished goods and parts |  |  | 2,976 |  |  | 3,234 |
Total FIFO value |  |  | 4,798 |  |  | 5,243 |
Less adjustment to LIFO value |  |  | 1,457 |  |  | 1,426 |
Inventories |  | $ | 3,341 |  | $ | 3,817 |

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