FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Assets and Liaibilities - Recurring (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 28, 2018	Oct. 29, 2017
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Marketable securities	$ 490.1	$ 451.6
Derivative assets	168.0	235.0
Derivative liabilities	399.0	158.0
Transfer from Level 1 to Level 2, assets	0.0	0.0
Transfer from Level 2 to Level 1, assets	0.0	0.0
Transfer from Level 1 to Level 2, liabilities	0.0	0.0
Transfer from Level 2 to Level 1, liabilities	0.0	0.0
Other Assets
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Derivative assets	168.0	235.0
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Derivative liabilities	399.0	158.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Total Estimated Fair Value
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Marketable securities	490.0	452.0
Total assets	658.0	687.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 \| U.S. Government Debt Securities
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Marketable securities	111.0	77.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 \| International Debt Securities
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Marketable securities	10.0	20.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 1 \| Equity Fund
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Marketable securities	46.0	48.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 1 \| Fixed Income Funds
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Marketable securities		15.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 1 \| U.S. Government Debt Securities
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Marketable securities	44.0	44.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Total liabilities	399.0	158.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Interest Rate Contracts \| Other Assets
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Derivative assets	80.0	116.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Interest Rate Contracts \| Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Derivative liabilities	350.0	131.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Foreign Exchange Contracts \| Other Assets
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Derivative assets	83.0	108.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Foreign Exchange Contracts \| Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Derivative liabilities	49.0	26.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Cross-Currency Interest Rate Contracts \| Other Assets
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Derivative assets	5.0	11.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Cross-Currency Interest Rate Contracts \| Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Derivative liabilities		1.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Municipal Debt Securities
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Marketable securities	46.0	39.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Corporate Debt Securities
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Marketable securities	140.0	135.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 2 \| Mortgage-backed Securities
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Marketable securities	137.0	118.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis \| Level 3 \| International Debt Securities
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Marketable securities	$ 8.0	$ 17.0

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