Trade Receivables Securitization (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2011	Jul. 02, 2010	Mar. 31, 2011	Jul. 01, 2011 North America A/R [Member]	Jul. 01, 2011 Global A/R [Member]	Mar. 31, 2010 Global A/R [Member]
Investment limit with financial institution				$ 300,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Accounts receivable sold to commercial paper conduit						217,100,000
Company's accounts receivable sold to third-party	1,300,000,000		1,000,000,000
Cash proceeds from sale of accounts receivable	601,700,000		545,000,000
Loss from sale of receivable	3,300,000	2,100,000
Deferred purchase price receivable	681,300,000		460,000,000
Receivable sold but not yet collected from banking institutions	54,100,000		109,700,000
Deferred purchase price transfers receivables	1,200,000,000	400,000,000
Cash flows from new transfers of receivables	100,000,000	200,000,000
Collections on the deferred purchase price assets	900,000,000	500,000,000
Accounts receivable sold to certain third party Banking Institutions	$ 489,200,000	$ 472,600,000
Percent of receivables sold to unaffiliated institutions	100.00%