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Employee Termination, Asset Impairment and Other Charges (Tables)

3 Months Ended

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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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.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 420
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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