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Details of Balance Sheet (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015
Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract] |
Details of Balance Sheet |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Receivables: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts |  | $ | 372,705 |  |  | $ | 347,259 |
Notes |  |  | 7,303 |  |  |  | 6,339 |
Other |  |  | 14,044 |  |  |  | 16,733 |
|  |  | 394,052 |  |  |  | 370,331 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (4,502 | ) |  |  | (4,487 | )
|  | $ | 389,550 |  |  | $ | 365,844 |
Inventories: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Raw materials and component parts |  | $ | 97,215 |  |  | $ | 86,573 |
Work-in-process |  |  | 35,509 |  |  |  | 27,994 |
Finished goods |  |  | 128,816 |  |  |  | 130,544 |
|  |  | 261,540 |  |  |  | 245,111 |
Obsolescence and other reserves |  |  | (28,230 | ) |  |  | (26,744 | )
LIFO reserve |  |  | (7,638 | ) |  |  | (7,496 | )
|  | $ | 225,672 |  |  | $ | 210,871 |
Property, plant and equipment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land |  | $ | 9,947 |  |  | $ | 10,216 |
Land improvements |  |  | 3,926 |  |  |  | 3,827 |
Buildings |  |  | 161,924 |  |  |  | 141,880 |
Machinery and equipment |  |  | 355,066 |  |  |  | 319,110 |
Enterprise management system |  |  | 46,382 |  |  |  | 44,682 |
Construction-in-progress |  |  | 17,326 |  |  |  | 27,419 |
Leased property under capitalized leases |  |  | 25,684 |  |  |  | 27,715 |
|  |  | 620,255 |  |  |  | 574,849 |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | (370,315 | ) |  |  | (350,410 | )
|  | $ | 249,940 |  |  | $ | 224,439 |
Accrued liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Salaries and other compensation |  | $ | 54,801 |  |  | $ | 57,722 |
Pension and retirement |  |  | 1,973 |  |  |  | 1,738 |
Taxes other than income taxes |  |  | 6,178 |  |  |  | 6,367 |
Other |  |  | 77,979 |  |  |  | 71,174 |
|  | $ | 140,931 |  |  | $ | 137,001 |

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