Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2017	Oct. 02, 2016	Oct. 01, 2017	Oct. 02, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers (Note 9)	$ 19,650	$ 17,820	$ 56,255	$ 53,784
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 6,902	$ 5,486	$ 18,111	$ 16,151
Cost of products sold percent to sales	35.10%	30.80%	32.20%	30.00%
Gross profit	$ 12,748	$ 12,334	$ 38,144	$ 37,633
Gross profit percent to sales	64.90%	69.20%	67.80%	70.00%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 5,396	$ 4,772	$ 15,395	$ 14,636
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	27.50%	26.80%	27.40%	27.20%
Research and development expense	$ 2,574	$ 2,178	$ 6,919	$ 6,455
Research and development expense percent to sales	13.10%	12.20%	12.30%	12.00%
Research and Development in Process			$ 0	$ 29
Research and development in process percent to sales			0.00%	0.10%
Interest income	$ (74)	$ (97)	$ (300)	$ (268)
Interest income percent to sales	(0.40%)	(0.50%)	(0.50%)	(0.50%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 229	$ 192	$ 660	$ 542
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	1.20%	1.00%	1.10%	1.00%
Other (income) expense, net	$ (236)	$ (54)	$ 192	$ 464
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	(1.20%)	(0.20%)	0.30%	0.90%
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 69	$ 62	$ 165	$ 296
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.30%	0.30%	0.30%	0.50%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 4,790	$ 5,281	$ 15,113	$ 15,479
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	24.40%	29.60%	26.90%	28.80%
Provision for taxes on income (Note 5)	$ 1,026	$ 1,009	$ 3,100	$ 2,753
Provision for taxes on income perent to sales	5.20%	5.60%	5.50%	5.10%
NET EARNINGS	$ 3,764	$ 4,272	$ 12,013	$ 12,726
Net earnings percent to sales	19.20%	24.00%	21.40%	23.70%
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE (Note 8)
Basic (per share)	$ 1.40	$ 1.56	$ 4.46	$ 4.64
Diluted (per share)	1.37	1.53	4.37	4.55
CASH DIVIDENDS PER SHARE	$ 0.84	$ 0.80	$ 2.48	$ 2.35
AVG. SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic (shares)	2,684.6	2,731.6	2,694.4	2,744.9
Diluted (shares)	2,737.7	2,785.4	2,746.4	2,796.6