Accounts Receivable (Details) € in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 26, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 26, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2021 EUR (€)	Jan. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Accounts receivable	$ 9,407,642		$ 9,407,642				$ 9,298,135
Allowances for doubtful accounts	78,215	$ 95,144	78,215	$ 95,144		$ 92,792	92,792
Accounts receivable, net	9,329,427		9,329,427				9,205,343
Agreement Amount with Purchaser to Transfer Financial Assets Accounted For As Sales | €					€ 400,000
Receivables sold to unaffiliated financial institutions during the period	546,125	447,958	1,608,388	1,425,324
Receivables sold to unaffiliated financial institutions that were uncollected	418,696		418,696				397,914
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period			92,792	69,433
Charged to income			5,760	22,139
Translation Adjustments			(1,164)	(1,215)
Writeoffs			(19,173)	(42,224)
Balance at end of period	78,215	$ 95,144	78,215	95,144
Asset Pledged as Collateral | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Collateralized accounts receivable held by Arrow EMEA funding Corp B.V.	754,564		754,564				$ 551,843
Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowances for doubtful accounts	0		0
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period				$ 47,011
Balance at end of period	$ 0		$ 0