Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables - Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2020	Nov. 03, 2019	Oct. 28, 2018
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	$ 100.6	$ 106.7	$ 113.8
Provision (credit) for credit losses	89.4	45.4	47.2
Write-offs	(101.6)	(88.3)	(81.2)
Recoveries	37.2	37.0	27.4
Translation adjustments		(0.2)	(0.5)
Other changes	3.5
End of year balance	129.1	100.6	106.7
Balance individually evaluated	5.8	4.8	2.9
Receivables:
End of year balance	33,557.3	32,821.5	30,646.7
Balance individually evaluated	99.6	77.5	70.3
Retail notes
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	48.3	51.6	55.7
Provision (credit) for credit losses	65.2	18.3	11.9
Write-offs	(46.9)	(28.7)	(22.1)
Recoveries	5.9	7.3	6.4
Translation adjustments		(0.2)	(0.3)
Other changes	(0.1)
End of year balance	72.4	48.3	51.6
Balance individually evaluated	0.8	1.9	0.1
Receivables:
End of year balance	21,847.2	19,500.1	18,110.9
Balance individually evaluated	83.8	65.9	59.2
Revolving charge accounts
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	39.3	42.3	39.7
Provision (credit) for credit losses	25.1	28.6	36.7
Write-offs	(51.6)	(56.9)	(54.1)
Recoveries	29.5	25.3	20.0
End of year balance	42.3	39.3	42.3
Receivables:
End of year balance	3,827.4	3,863.0	3,797.6
Balance individually evaluated	0.9	0.1	2.3
Wholesale receivables
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	7.6	8.0	9.9
Provision (credit) for credit losses	(1.9)	(4.2)	(0.8)
Write-offs	(0.9)	(0.3)	(1.1)
Recoveries	1.3	4.1	0.2
Translation adjustments			(0.2)
Other changes	3.8
End of year balance	9.9	7.6	8.0
Balance individually evaluated	5.0	2.9	2.8
Receivables:
End of year balance	7,093.3	8,706.8	7,967.6
Balance individually evaluated	13.0	9.6	8.8
Financing Leases
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	5.4	4.8	8.5
Provision (credit) for credit losses	1.0	2.7	(0.6)
Write-offs	(2.2)	(2.4)	(3.9)
Recoveries	0.5	0.3	0.8
Other changes	(0.2)
End of year balance	4.5	5.4	4.8
Receivables:
End of year balance	789.4	751.6	$ 770.6
Balance individually evaluated	$ 1.9	$ 1.9