Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Operating Activities
Net income	$ 2,681.4	$ 2,388.8	$ 2,020.1
Adjustments to reconcile Net income to Net operating cash:
Depreciation	297.4	292.3	264.0
Non-cash lease expense	460.5	452.7	416.9
Amortization of intangible assets	326.6	330.2	317.1
Gain on divestiture of business	0.0	(20.1)	0.0
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0.0	12.8	0.0
Impairment	0.0	57.9	15.5
Provisions for environmental-related matters - net	(1.3)	80.7	(7.1)
Provisions for restructuring	0.0	15.3	47.3
Deferred income taxes	(74.9)	(88.9)	(144.8)
Other postretirement benefit plan net cost	(17.0)	(15.8)	(1.6)
Stock-based compensation expense	138.1	115.9	99.7
Amortization of non-traded investments	75.0	65.4	38.5
(Gain) loss on sale or disposition of assets	(49.9)	0.9	(10.7)
Other	6.1	7.0	43.9
Change in working capital accounts:
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable	(10.7)	85.6	(200.2)
(Increase) decrease in inventories	(32.9)	323.4	(666.7)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable	21.8	(241.1)	46.6
Decrease in accrued taxes	(14.3)	(8.9)	(38.1)
(Decrease) increase in accrued compensation and taxes withheld	(7.9)	75.7	65.8
Decrease in refundable income taxes	0.8	25.8	47.6
Other	(20.7)	306.7	32.5
Change in operating lease liabilities	(460.7)	(453.4)	(405.3)
Costs incurred for environmental-related matters	(24.1)	(35.3)	(23.8)
Other	(140.1)	(251.7)	(37.3)
Net operating cash	3,153.2	3,521.9	1,919.9
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures	(1,070.0)	(888.4)	(644.5)
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired	(78.9)	(264.7)	(1,003.1)
Proceeds from divestiture of business	0.0	103.7	0.0
Proceeds from sale of assets	11.6	70.1	33.2
Other	(59.0)	(60.0)	6.8
Net investing cash	(1,196.3)	(1,039.3)	(1,607.6)
Financing Activities
Net increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings	288.6	(603.9)	214.4
Proceeds from long-term debt	848.7	0.0	999.7
Payments of long-term debt	(1,100.0)	(136.4)	(260.3)
Payments for credit facility and debt issuance costs	(8.6)	0.0	(7.3)
Payments of cash dividends	(723.4)	(623.7)	(618.5)
Proceeds from stock options exercised	242.0	111.6	67.3
Treasury stock purchased	(1,738.8)	(1,432.0)	(883.2)
Proceeds from treasury stock issued	0.0	0.0	22.0
Proceeds from real estate financing transactions	244.2	306.5	207.3
Other	(69.8)	(46.7)	(23.8)
Net financing cash	(2,017.1)	(2,424.6)	(282.4)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(6.2)	20.0	3.2
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(66.4)	78.0	33.1
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	276.8	198.8	165.7
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	210.4	276.8	198.8
Supplemental cash flow information
Income taxes paid	779.8	816.7	580.1
Interest paid	$ 406.9	$ 416.5	$ 371.1