CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017		Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Revenue	$ 18,756	$ 19,153		$ 57,830	$ 56,597
Cost	9,953	10,172	[1]	31,582	30,703	[1]
Gross profit	8,803	8,981	[1]	26,249	25,894	[1]
Expense and other (income):
Selling, general and administrative	4,363	4,606	[1]	14,665	14,666	[1]
Research, development and engineering	1,252	1,291	[1]	4,021	4,212	[1]
Intellectual property and custom development income	(275)	(308)		(842)	(1,118)
Other (income) and expense	275	159	[1]	968	751	[1]
Interest expense	191	168		530	451
Total expense and other (income)	5,807	5,917	[1]	19,341	18,962	[1]
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	2,996	3,065		6,908	6,931
Provision for income taxes	304	339		138	120
Income from continuing operations	2,692	2,726		6,770	6,811
Income/(loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	2	0		7	(3)
Net income	$ 2,694	$ 2,726		$ 6,777	$ 6,807
Assuming dilution:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 2.94	$ 2.92		$ 7.36	$ 7.24
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00		0.01	0.00
Total (in dollars per share)	2.94	2.92		7.37	7.24
Basic:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	2.95	2.93		7.39	7.28
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.00		0.01	0.00
Total (in dollars per share)	$ 2.95	$ 2.93		$ 7.40	$ 7.28
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Assuming dilution (in shares)	915,212,631	933,227,429		920,006,890	940,209,466
Basic (in shares)	911,152,848	929,437,441		915,632,501	935,600,777
Cash dividend per common share	$ 1.57	$ 1.50		$ 4.64	$ 4.40
Services
Revenue	$ 12,566	$ 12,703		$ 38,414	$ 37,592
Cost	8,040	8,265	[1]	25,519	25,034	[1]
Sales
Revenue	5,800	6,017		18,221	17,744
Cost	1,625	1,584	[1]	5,216	4,779	[1]
Financing
Revenue	389	433		1,195	1,260
Cost	$ 287	$ 322		$ 846	$ 890

[1] Recast to reflect adoption of the FASB guidance on presentation of net periodic pension and nonpension postretirement benefit costs.