ACCOUNTS AND NOTES RECEIVABLE, NET - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2023	Jul. 02, 2022	Jul. 01, 2023	Jul. 02, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Receivables [Abstract]
Cash investment purchaser allowed to have in transferors receivables	$ 110.0		$ 110.0
Net receivables derecognized	96.5		96.5		$ 110.0
Proceeds from transfers of receivables to the purchaser	119.9	$ 132.3	176.8	$ 214.6
Payment to the purchaser	84.0	108.7	190.3	204.6
Pre-tax program loss	1.5	0.9	2.7	1.3
Payment to the purchaser, servicing fees	0.2	$ 0.2	0.4	0.4
Deferred revenue	119.0		119.0		122.9
Deferred revenue, current	$ 30.5		30.5		$ 29.6
Deferred revenue recognized			$ 12.6	$ 11.4

Gross payments to purchaser for receivables collected by transferor.

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Cash Investment Purchaser Allowed To Have In Transferors Receivables

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Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to newly transferred assets related to either a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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-Topic 860
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Cash Flows between a transferee and a transferor attributable to servicing fees related to a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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-Topic 606
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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable, classified as current.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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-Topic 606
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Amount of transferred financial assets in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction that have been derecognized. Continuing involvement includes, but is not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets.

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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred.

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