Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2016	Sep. 27, 2015	Oct. 02, 2016	Sep. 27, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers (Note 9)	$ 17,820	$ 17,102	$ 53,784	$ 52,263
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 5,486	$ 5,224	$ 16,151	$ 15,863
Cost of products sold percent to sales	30.80%	30.50%	30.00%	30.40%
Gross profit	$ 12,334	$ 11,878	$ 37,633	$ 36,400
Gross profit percent to sales	69.20%	69.50%	70.00%	69.60%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 4,772	$ 5,081	$ 14,636	$ 15,312
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	26.80%	29.70%	27.20%	29.30%
Research and development expense	$ 2,178	$ 2,154	$ 6,455	$ 6,182
Research and development expense percent to sales	12.20%	12.60%	12.00%	11.80%
In-process research and development	$ 0	$ 10	$ 29	$ 10
In-process research and development percent to sales	0.00%	0.10%	0.10%	0.00%
Interest income	$ (97)	$ (32)	$ (268)	$ (75)
Interest income percent to sales	(0.50%)	(0.20%)	(0.50%)	(0.10%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 192	$ 123	$ 542	$ 392
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	1.00%	0.70%	1.00%	0.70%
Other (income) expense, net	$ (54)	$ 420	$ 464	$ (859)
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	(0.20%)	2.50%	0.90%	(1.60%)
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 62	$ 0	$ 296	$ 0
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.30%	0.00%	0.50%	0.00%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 5,281	$ 4,122	$ 15,479	$ 15,438
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	29.60%	24.10%	28.80%	29.50%
Provision for taxes on income (Note 5)	$ 1,009	$ 764	$ 2,753	$ 3,244
Provision for taxes on income perent to sales	5.60%	4.50%	5.10%	6.20%
NET EARNINGS	$ 4,272	$ 3,358	$ 12,726	$ 12,194
Net earnings percent to sales	24.00%	19.60%	23.70%	23.30%
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE (Note 8)
Basic (per share)	$ 1.56	$ 1.21	$ 4.64	$ 4.39
Diluted (per share)	1.53	1.20	4.55	4.33
CASH DIVIDENDS PER SHARE	$ 0.80	$ 0.75	$ 2.35	$ 2.20
AVG. SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic (shares)	2,731.6	2,768.4	2,744.9	2,774.8
Diluted (shares)	2,785.4	2,807.2	2,796.6	2,817.1