Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2024	Jul. 02, 2023	Jun. 30, 2024	Jul. 02, 2023
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers (Note 9)	$ 22,447	$ 21,519	$ 43,830	$ 42,413
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 6,869	$ 6,462	$ 13,380	$ 13,149
Cost of products sold percent to sales	30.60%	30.00%	30.50%	31.00%
Gross profit	$ 15,578	$ 15,057	$ 30,450	$ 29,264
Gross Profit Percent To Sales	69.40%	70.00%	69.50%	69.00%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 5,681	$ 5,396	$ 10,938	$ 10,302
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	25.30%	25.10%	25.00%	24.30%
Research and development expense	$ 3,440	$ 3,703	$ 6,982	$ 7,158
Research and development expense percent to sales	15.30%	17.20%	16.00%	16.90%
In-process research and development impairments	$ 194	$ 0	$ 194	$ 49
In-process research and development percent to sales	0.90%	0.00%	0.40%	0.10%
Interest income	$ (395)	$ (326)	$ (759)	$ (524)
Interest income percent to sales	(1.80%)	(1.50%)	(1.80%)	(1.20%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 270	$ 217	$ 425	$ 429
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	1.20%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Other (income) expense, net	$ 653	$ (384)	$ 3,057	$ 6,556
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	2.90%	(1.80%)	7.00%	15.50%
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ (13)	$ 145	$ 151	$ 275
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.00%	0.70%	0.30%	0.60%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 5,748	$ 6,306	$ 9,462	$ 5,019
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	25.60%	29.30%	21.60%	11.80%
Provision for taxes on income (Note 5)	$ 1,062	$ 930	$ 1,521	$ 134
Provision for taxes on income percent to sales	4.70%	4.30%	3.50%	0.30%
Net earnings from continuing operations	$ 4,686	$ 5,376	$ 7,941	$ 4,885
Net earnings from continuing operations percent of sales	20.90%	25.00%	18.10%	11.50%
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 13)	$ 0	$ (232)	$ 0	$ 191
Net earnings	$ 4,686	$ 5,144	$ 7,941	$ 5,076
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
Continuing operations - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 1.95	$ 2.07	$ 3.30	$ 1.88
Discontinued operations - basic (in dollars per share)	0	(0.09)	0	0.07
Total net earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)	1.95	1.98	3.30	1.95
Continuing operations - diluted (in dollars per share)	1.93	2.05	3.27	1.86
Discontinued operations - diluted (in dollars per share)	0	(0.09)	0	0.07
Total net earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.93	$ 1.96	$ 3.27	$ 1.93
Avg. shares outstanding
Basic (shares)	2,406.8	2,598.4	2,407.5	2,601.9
Diluted (shares)	2,422.0	2,625.7	2,428.5	2,630.7