Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 03, 2016	Jun. 28, 2015	Jul. 03, 2016	Jun. 28, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers (Note 9)	$ 18,482	$ 17,787	$ 35,964	$ 35,161
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 5,336	$ 5,357	$ 10,665	$ 10,639
Cost of products sold percent to sales	28.90%	30.10%	29.60%	30.20%
Gross profit	$ 13,146	$ 12,430	$ 25,299	$ 24,522
Gross profit percent to sales	71.10%	69.90%	70.40%	69.80%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 5,176	$ 5,384	$ 9,864	$ 10,231
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	28.00%	30.30%	27.40%	29.10%
Research and development expense	$ 2,264	$ 2,129	$ 4,277	$ 4,028
Research and development expense percent to sales	12.20%	12.00%	11.90%	11.50%
Research and Development in Process	$ 29	$ 0	$ 29	$ 0
Research and development in process percent to sales	0.20%	0.00%	0.10%	0.00%
Interest income	$ (88)	$ (24)	$ (171)	$ (43)
Interest income percent to sales	(0.50%)	(0.10%)	(0.50%)	(0.10%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 190	$ 131	$ 350	$ 269
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	1.10%	0.70%	1.00%	0.70%
Other (income) expense, net	$ 557	$ (931)	$ 518	$ (1,279)
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	3.00%	(5.30%)	1.40%	(3.60%)
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 114	$ 0	$ 234	$ 0
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.60%	0.00%	0.70%	0.00%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 4,904	$ 5,741	$ 10,198	$ 11,316
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	26.50%	32.30%	28.40%	32.20%
Provision for taxes on income (Note 5)	$ 907	$ 1,225	$ 1,744	$ 2,480
Provision for taxes on income perent to sales	4.90%	6.90%	4.90%	7.10%
NET EARNINGS	$ 3,997	$ 4,516	$ 8,454	$ 8,836
Net earnings percent to sales	21.60%	25.40%	23.50%	25.10%
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE (Note 8)
Basic (per share)	$ 1.46	$ 1.63	$ 3.07	$ 3.18
Diluted (per share)	1.43	1.61	3.02	3.13
CASH DIVIDENDS PER SHARE	$ 0.80	$ 0.75	$ 1.55	$ 1.45
AVG. SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic (shares)	2,745.4	2,772.3	2,751.4	2,777.7
Diluted (shares)	2,794.2	2,812.0	2,800.9	2,821.0