Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

	As of December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Land and land improvements	$	422		$	424
Buildings and building improvements	3,140			2,984
Machinery and equipment	11,295			10,943
Construction in progress	680			894
	15,537			15,245
Accumulated depreciation	(6,804		)	(6,763		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	8,733		$	8,482

Schedule of Changes Related to Property in Connection with Restructuring Program

These charges related to property, plant and equipment

were recorded in the consolidated statements of earnings within asset impairment and exit costs and in the segment results as follows:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2019			2018		2017
	(in millions)
Latin America	$	—		$	25	$	36
AMEA	(2		)	5		81
Europe	46			15		58
North America	5			13		30
Corporate	1			1		1
Non-cash property, plant and equipment write-downs	$	50		$	59	$	206

During 2019, 2018 and 2017, and since inception of the Simplify to Grow Program, we recorded the following restructuring and implementation costs within segment operating income and earnings before income taxes:

	Latin America		AMEA		Europe		North America (1)		Corporate (2)		Total
	(in millions)
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
Restructuring Costs	$	24	$	18	$	105	$	16	$	13	$	176
Implementation Costs	50		38		103		52		29		272
Total	$	74	$	56	$	208	$	68	$	42	$	448
For the Year Ended December 31, 2018
Restructuring Costs	$	63	$	69	$	132	$	32	$	20	$	316
Implementation Costs	67		39		73		79		57		315
Total	$	130	$	108	$	205	$	111	$	77	$	631
For the Year Ended December 31, 2017
Restructuring Costs	$	93	$	140	$	195	$	84	$	23	$	535
Implementation Costs	43		43		68		58		45		257
Total	$	136	$	183	$	263	$	142	$	68	$	792
Total Project (3)
Restructuring Costs	$	517	$	535	$	1,076	$	469	$	129	$	2,726
Implementation Costs	269		206		448		384		307		1,614
Total	$	786	$	741	$	1,524	$	853	$	436	$	4,340

(1) During 2017-2019, our North America region implementation costs included incremental costs that we incurred related to renegotiating collective bargaining agreements that expired in February 2016 for eight U.S. facilities and related to executing business continuity plans for the North America business.

(2) Benefit plan non-service income amounts associated with restructuring program activities that are no longer recorded in segment operating income are included in the Corporate column in the table above for all periods presented. The Corporate column also includes minor adjustments for pension settlement losses and rounding.

(3)

Includes all charges recorded since program inception on May 6, 2014 through December 31, 2019.