Business Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segment Information [Text Block]

Business Segment Information

We conduct our business and report our information as one operating segment - Automotive and Commercial Vehicles. Our chief operating decision maker has been identified as the executive leadership team, which includes certain Vice Presidents, all Senior Vice Presidents plus the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. This team has the final authority over performance assessment and resource allocation decisions. In determining that one operating segment is appropriate, we considered the nature of the business activities, the existence of managers responsible for the operating activities and information presented to the Board of Directors for its consideration and advice. Customers and suppliers are substantially the same in the automotive and commercial vehicle industry.

Revenues of foreign geographic regions in the table below are attributed to external customers based upon the location of the entity recording the sale. These foreign revenues represent 19.5%, 16.7%, and 15.9% of total revenues for fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Long-lived assets in the table below consist primarily of net property, plant and equipment, goodwill and intangibles.

	Revenues						Long-Lived Assets
	2017		2016		2015		2017		2016		2015
United States	$	839,013	$	888,164	$	901,182	$	235,663	$	243,225	$	265,579
Europe	169,398		143,281		132,094		53,569		48,709		41,695
Rest of World	33,575		34,389		39,776		20,543		18,672		19,484
Total Company	$	1,041,986	$	1,065,834	$	1,073,052	$	309,775	$	310,606	$	326,758

The foreign currency loss in the table below is included as a component of other expense in the consolidated statements of operations.    

	Foreign Currency Loss
	2017			2016			2015
Europe	$	(473	)	$	(802	)	$	(23	)
Rest of World	$	(622	)	$	(772	)	$	(483	)

The table below details customers that accounted for more than 10% of our revenues in fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015:

	Revenues
Customer	2017		2016		2015
General Motors	17.9	%	18.2	%	15.5	%
FCA	15.0	%	17.1	%	17.4	%