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SPECIAL ITEMS - Employee-Separation Programs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 01, 2020 | Aug. 02, 2020 | Feb. 02, 2020 | Aug. 02, 2020 | Oct. 31, 2021 | Nov. 01, 2020
OPEB |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Curtailment expense |  |  |  | $ (21) |  |
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  | $ 2 |  | $ 138 |  |
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | OPEB | United States |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Curtailment expense |  |  | $ (21) |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit (Cost) Credit, Curtailment Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible List] |  |  | Other Cost of Operating Revenue |  |  |
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Forecasted |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-separation programs savings |  |  |  |  | $ 85 | $ 65
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Agriculture and Turf |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent) |  |  |  | 74.00% |  |
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Construction and Forestry |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent) |  |  |  | 23.00% |  |
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Financial Services |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent) |  |  |  | 3.00% |  |
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Operating Profit |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax |  |  |  | $ 115 |  |
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Cost of Sales |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent) |  |  |  | 36.00% |  |
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Research and Development |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent) |  |  |  | 16.00% |  |
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Selling, Administrative, and General Expenses |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent) |  |  |  | 48.00% |  |
Fourth Quarter of 2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Forecasted |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-Separation Programs |  |  |  |  |  |
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax | $ 175 |  |  |  |  |
Employee-separation programs savings |  |  |  |  | $ 175 |

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