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Details of Balance Sheet (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2016
Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract] |
Details of Balance Sheet |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Receivables: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts |  | $ | 415,311 |  |  | $ | 372,705 |
Notes |  |  | 7,971 |  |  |  | 7,303 |
Other |  |  | 10,813 |  |  |  | 14,044 |
|  |  | 434,095 |  |  |  | 394,052 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (5,535 | ) |  |  | (4,502 | )
|  | $ | 428,560 |  |  | $ | 389,550 |
Inventories: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Raw materials and component parts |  | $ | 85,802 |  |  | $ | 97,215 |
Work-in-process |  |  | 36,681 |  |  |  | 35,509 |
Finished goods |  |  | 134,602 |  |  |  | 128,816 |
|  |  | 257,085 |  |  |  | 261,540 |
Obsolescence and other reserves |  |  | (29,324 | ) |  |  | (28,230 | )
LIFO reserve |  |  | (7,400 | ) |  |  | (7,638 | )
|  | $ | 220,361 |  |  | $ | 225,672 |
Property, plant and equipment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land |  | $ | 9,914 |  |  | $ | 9,947 |
Land improvements |  |  | 4,020 |  |  |  | 3,926 |
Buildings |  |  | 169,995 |  |  |  | 161,924 |
Machinery and equipment |  |  | 372,479 |  |  |  | 355,066 |
Enterprise management system |  |  | 50,051 |  |  |  | 46,382 |
Construction-in-progress |  |  | 25,873 |  |  |  | 17,326 |
Leased property under capitalized leases |  |  | 24,231 |  |  |  | 25,684 |
|  |  | 656,563 |  |  |  | 620,255 |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | (383,434 | ) |  |  | (370,315 | )
|  | $ | 273,129 |  |  | $ | 249,940 |
Accrued liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Salaries and other compensation |  | $ | 67,257 |  |  | $ | 54,801 |
Pension and retirement |  |  | 4,046 |  |  |  | 1,973 |
Taxes other than income taxes |  |  | 5,955 |  |  |  | 6,178 |
Other |  |  | 85,540 |  |  |  | 77,979 |
|  | $ | 162,798 |  |  | $ | 140,931 |

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