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Details of Balance Sheet | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2017
Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract] |
Details of Balance Sheet | Note 5 — Details of balance sheet
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Receivables: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts |  | $ | 491,224 |  |  | $ | 415,311 |
Notes |  |  | 5,121 |  |  |  | 7,971 |
Other |  |  | 18,533 |  |  |  | 10,813 |
|  |  | 514,878 |  |  |  | 434,095 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (9,791 | ) |  |  | (5,535 | )
|  | $ | 505,087 |  |  | $ | 428,560 |
Inventories: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Raw materials and component parts |  | $ | 105,424 |  |  | $ | 85,802 |
Work-in-process |  |  | 45,743 |  |  |  | 36,681 |
Finished goods |  |  | 152,923 |  |  |  | 134,602 |
|  |  | 304,090 |  |  |  | 257,085 |
Obsolescence and other reserves |  |  | (33,140 | ) |  |  | (29,324 | )
LIFO reserve |  |  | (6,684 | ) |  |  | (7,400 | )
|  | $ | 264,266 |  |  | $ | 220,361 |
Property, plant and equipment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land |  | $ | 10,598 |  |  | $ | 9,914 |
Land improvements |  |  | 4,292 |  |  |  | 4,020 |
Buildings |  |  | 190,611 |  |  |  | 169,995 |
Machinery and equipment |  |  | 424,006 |  |  |  | 372,479 |
Enterprise management system |  |  | 52,936 |  |  |  | 50,051 |
Construction-in-progress |  |  | 49,713 |  |  |  | 25,873 |
Leased property under capitalized leases |  |  | 25,715 |  |  |  | 24,231 |
|  |  | 757,871 |  |  |  | 656,563 |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | (411,460 | ) |  |  | (383,434 | )
|  | $ | 346,411 |  |  | $ | 273,129 |
Accrued liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Salaries and other compensation |  | $ | 73,234 |  |  | $ | 67,257 |
Pension and retirement |  |  | 4,768 |  |  |  | 4,046 |
Taxes other than income taxes |  |  | 7,663 |  |  |  | 5,955 |
Other |  |  | 87,701 |  |  |  | 85,540 |
|  | $ | 173,366 |  |  | $ | 162,798 |

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