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INVENTORIES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2021
INVENTORIES  
Major Classification of Inventories If all inventories had been valued on a FIFO basis, estimated inventories by major classification at October 31, 2021 and November 1, 2020 in millions of dollars would have been as follows:

   

2021

   

2020

 

Raw materials and supplies

 

$

3,524

 

$

1,995

 

Work-in-process

 

994

 

648

Finished goods and parts

 

4,373

 

4,006

Total FIFO value

 

8,891

 

6,649

Less adjustment to LIFO value

 

2,110

 

1,650

Inventories

 

$

6,781

 

$

4,999