RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS - Effect of Topic 606 and ASU 2017-07 Adoption on Income Statement (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 24, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 24, 2017
Net sales
Total net sales	$ 14,318	$ 12,341	$ 39,351	$ 36,116
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales	(12,397)	(10,741)	(34,019)	(31,454)
Gross profit	1,921	1,600	5,332	4,662
Other income, net	42	77	151	133
Operating profit	1,963	1,677	5,483	4,795
Interest expense	(177)	(162)	(497)	(477)
Other non-operating expense, net	(211)	(218)	(631)	(644)
Earnings before income taxes	1,575	1,297	4,355	3,674
Income tax expense	(102)	(334)	(562)	(967)
Net earnings	$ 1,473	$ 963	$ 3,793	$ 2,707
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 5.18	$ 3.35	$ 13.31	$ 9.38
Diluted (in dollars per share)	5.14	3.32	13.21	9.29
Cash dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 2.00	$ 1.82	$ 6	$ 5.46
Products
Net sales
Total net sales	$ 11,918	$ 10,628	$ 32,830	$ 30,863
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales	(10,701)	(9,544)	(29,391)	(27,850)
Services
Net sales
Total net sales	2,400	1,713	6,521	5,253
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales	(2,070)	(1,584)	(5,726)	(4,724)
Other unallocated, net
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales	$ 374	387	$ 1,194	1,120
Historical
Net sales
Total net sales		12,169		35,911
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		(10,818)		(31,982)
Gross profit		1,351		3,929
Other income, net		77		133
Operating profit		1,428		4,062
Interest expense		(162)		(477)
Other non-operating expense, net		(7)		(8)
Earnings before income taxes		1,259		3,577
Income tax expense		(320)		(933)
Net earnings		$ 939		$ 2,644
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 3.27		$ 9.16
Diluted (in dollars per share)		3.24		9.08
Cash dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 1.82		$ 5.46
Historical | Products
Net sales
Total net sales		$ 10,496		$ 30,837
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		(9,481)		(27,919)
Historical | Services
Net sales
Total net sales		1,673		5,074
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		(1,513)		(4,547)
Historical | Other unallocated, net
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		176		484
Adjustments for | ASC 606
Net sales
Total net sales		172		205
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		(134)		(108)
Gross profit		38		97
Other income, net		0		0
Operating profit		38		97
Interest expense		0		0
Other non-operating expense, net		0		0
Earnings before income taxes		38		97
Income tax expense		(14)		(34)
Net earnings		$ 24		$ 63
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 0.08		$ 0.22
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.08		$ 0.21
Adjustments for | ASU 2017-07
Net sales
Total net sales		$ 0		$ 0
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		211		636
Gross profit		211		636
Other income, net		0		0
Operating profit		211		636
Interest expense		0		0
Other non-operating expense, net		(211)		(636)
Earnings before income taxes		0		0
Income tax expense		0		0
Net earnings		$ 0		$ 0
Earnings per common share
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 0.00		$ 0.00
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.00		$ 0.00
Adjustments for | Products | ASC 606
Net sales
Total net sales		$ 132		$ 26
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		(63)		69
Adjustments for | Products | ASU 2017-07
Net sales
Total net sales		0		0
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		0		0
Adjustments for | Services | ASC 606
Net sales
Total net sales		40		179
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		(71)		(177)
Adjustments for | Services | ASU 2017-07
Net sales
Total net sales		0		0
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		0		0
Adjustments for | Other unallocated, net | ASC 606
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		0		0
Adjustments for | Other unallocated, net | ASU 2017-07
Cost of sales
Total cost of sales		$ 211		$ 636