Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Oct. 01, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Oct. 01, 2017
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers (Note 9)	$ 20,348	$ 19,650	$ 61,187	$ 56,255
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 6,589	$ 6,925	$ 20,130	$ 18,180
Cost of products sold percent to sales	32.40%	35.20%	32.90%	32.30%
Gross profit	$ 13,759	$ 12,725	$ 41,057	$ 38,075
Gross profit percent to sales	67.60%	64.80%	67.10%	67.70%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 5,543	$ 5,423	$ 16,549	$ 15,475
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	27.30%	27.60%	27.10%	27.50%
Research and development expense	$ 2,508	$ 2,585	$ 7,551	$ 6,951
Research and development expense percent to sales	12.30%	13.20%	12.30%	12.40%
In-process research and development	$ 1,126	$ 0	$ 1,126	$ 0
In-process research and development percent to sales	5.60%	0.00%	1.80%	0.00%
Interest income	$ (175)	$ (74)	$ (415)	$ (300)
Interest income percent to sales	(0.90%)	(0.40%)	(0.60%)	(0.50%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 243	$ 229	$ 755	$ 660
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	1.20%	1.20%	1.20%	1.10%
Other (income) expense, net	$ 3	$ (297)	$ 427	$ 11
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	0.00%	(1.50%)	0.70%	0.00%
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 88	$ 69	$ 187	$ 165
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.40%	0.30%	0.30%	0.30%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 4,423	$ 4,790	$ 14,877	$ 15,113
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	21.70%	24.40%	24.30%	26.90%
Provision for taxes on income (Note 5)	$ 489	$ 1,026	$ 2,622	$ 3,100
Provision for taxes on income perent to sales	2.40%	5.20%	4.30%	5.50%
NET EARNINGS	$ 3,934	$ 3,764	$ 12,255	$ 12,013
Net earnings percent to sales	19.30%	19.20%	20.00%	21.40%
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE (Note 8)
Basic (per share)	$ 1.47	$ 1.40	$ 4.57	$ 4.46
Diluted (per share)	1.44	1.37	4.49	4.37
CASH DIVIDENDS PER SHARE	$ 0.90	$ 0.84	$ 2.64	$ 2.48
AVG. SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic (shares)	2,683.2	2,684.6	2,682.6	2,694.4
Diluted (shares)	2,727.6	2,737.7	2,729.6	2,746.4