Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2013	Jul. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2012	Jul. 31, 2013 Senior secured notes 2018 [Member]	Jul. 16, 2013 Senior secured notes 2018 [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 Senior Notes 2020 [Member]	Jul. 16, 2013 Senior Notes 2020 [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 ABL credit facility [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 ABL credit facility [Member] U.S. borrowers [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 U.S. and APAC [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 EMEA [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum cash borrowings and letters of credit	$ 351,000,000								$ 230,000,000
Direct borrowings	75,000,000							39,559,000
Letters of credit outstanding	66,000,000
Amount of availability of remaining borrowings	152,000,000
Amount of remaining borrowing capacity available for letters of credit										108,000,000	57,000,000
Lines of credit and long-term debt	1,259,414,000		757,969,000		280,000,000		225,000,000
Interest rate of senior notes					7.875%		10.00%
Senior notes maturity date				Aug. 01, 2018		Aug. 01, 2020
Public offering price				99.483%		98.757%
Net proceeds from offering of Senior Secured Notes				493,000,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs				9,000,000
Accrued interest				409,000,000
Percent of equity interest in subsidiaries by Issuer and Guarantors				100.00%
Percent of equity interest in foreign subsidiaries by Issuer and Guarantors						65.00%
Line of credit facility increase in additional borrowing	6,157,000	11,377,000						125,000,000
Sublimit for letters of credit under Revolving Facility								$ 145,000,000