Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables - Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 28, 2018	Oct. 29, 2017	Oct. 30, 2016
Allowance:
Beginning of period balance	$ 113.8	$ 111.7	$ 109.8
Provision (credit) for credit losses	47.2	70.3	68.8
Write-offs	(81.2)	(96.3)	(91.3)
Recoveries	27.4	28.0	24.9
Translation adjustments	(0.5)	0.1	(0.5)
End of period balance	106.7	113.8	111.7
Balance individually evaluated	2.9	3.2	2.6
Receivables:
End of period balance	30,646.7	28,395.7	27,714.5
Balance individually evaluated	70.3	72.1	54.3
Retail notes
Allowance:
Beginning of period balance	55.7	56.3	53.3
Provision (credit) for credit losses	11.9	29.7	27.3
Write-offs	(22.1)	(38.2)	(29.9)
Recoveries	6.4	7.8	5.8
Translation adjustments	(0.3)	0.1	(0.2)
End of period balance	51.6	55.7	56.3
Balance individually evaluated	0.1	0.6	2.3
Receivables:
End of period balance	18,110.9	17,214.6	17,468.2
Balance individually evaluated	59.2	41.0	44.5
Revolving charge accounts
Allowance:
Beginning of period balance	39.7	39.7	39.7
Provision (credit) for credit losses	36.7	32.3	35.8
Write-offs	(54.1)	(52.2)	(54.3)
Recoveries	20.0	19.9	18.5
End of period balance	42.3	39.7	39.7
Receivables:
End of period balance	3,797.6	3,572.6	3,078.5
Balance individually evaluated	2.3	3.1	8.4
Wholesale receivables
Allowance:
Beginning of period balance	9.9	7.2	8.1
Provision (credit) for credit losses	(0.8)	3.0	3.1
Write-offs	(1.1)	(0.2)	(4.1)
Recoveries	0.2		0.1
Translation adjustments	(0.2)	(0.1)
End of period balance	8.0	9.9	7.2
Balance individually evaluated	2.8	2.6	0.2
Receivables:
End of period balance	7,967.6	6,894.3	6,562.5
Balance individually evaluated	8.8	24.0	0.8
Financing leases
Allowance:
Beginning of period balance	8.5	8.5	8.7
Provision (credit) for credit losses	(0.6)	5.3	2.6
Write-offs	(3.9)	(5.7)	(3.0)
Recoveries	0.8	0.3	0.5
Translation adjustments		0.1	(0.3)
End of period balance	4.8	8.5	8.5
Balance individually evaluated			0.1
Receivables:
End of period balance	$ 770.6	714.2	605.3
Balance individually evaluated		$ 4.0	$ 0.6