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Employee Termination, Asset Impairment and Other Charges (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2017
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost [Table Text Block] | The Company recorded the following charges related to employee terminations benefits, asset impairment, and other charges:
| Three Months Ended
| September 29, 2017 |  | September 30, 2016
| (in millions)
Employee termination and other charges: |  |  |
Restructuring Plan 2016 | $ | 45 |  |  | $ | 27 |
Closure of Foreign Manufacturing Facility | — |  |  | 4 |
Business Realignment | 7 |  |  | 37 |
Total employee termination and other charges | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 68 |
Restructuring Plan 2016 [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost [Table Text Block] | The following table presents an analysis of the components of the activity against the reserve during the three months ended September 29, 2017:
| Employee Termination Benefits |  | Contract Termination and Other |  | Total
| (in millions)
Accrual balance at June 30, 2017 | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 13 |
Charges | 36 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 45 |
Cash payments | (8 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (14 | )
Accrual balance at September 29, 2017 | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 44 |
Business Realignment Activities [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost [Table Text Block] | The following table presents an analysis of the components of the activity against the reserve:
| Employee Termination Benefits |  | Contract Termination and Other |  | Total
| (in millions)
Accrual balance at June 30, 2017 | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 23 |
Charges | 4 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 7 |
Cash payments | (4 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (5 | )
Accrual balance at September 29, 2017 | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 25 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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