INVENTORIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 29, 2017

INVENTORIES

Major Classification of Inventories

If all inventories had been valued on a FIFO basis, estimated inventories by major classification at October 29, 2017 and October 30, 2016 in millions of dollars would have been as follows:

	2017		2016
Raw materials and supplies	$	1,688	$	1,369
Work-in-process		495		453
Finished goods and parts		3,182		2,976
Total FIFO value		5,365		4,798
Less adjustment to LIFO value		1,461		1,457
Inventories	$	3,904	$	3,341