Retirement Plans - Reconciliation of Plan Assets Measured Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Details) - Equities [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Oct. 28, 2017	Oct. 29, 2016
Reconciliation of the plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Plan assets, Beginning Balance	$ 74	$ 77
Exchange rate adjustment	(5)	(3)
Purchases, sales, and settlements, net	(420)
Realized and unrealized return on plan assets	420
Plan assets, Ending Balance	$ 69	$ 74

Effect of conversion to reporting currency.

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- Definition

Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliation recurring basis asset gain loss.

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- Definition

Amount, measured using unobservable inputs, of increase (decrease) in plan assets of defined benefit plan from purchases, sales and settlements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (d)(5)(iv)(02)(B)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82843861&loc=d3e1928-114920

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- Definition

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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- Definition

Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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