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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other Intangible Assets by Major Class (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 03, 2015	Jan. 03, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	$ 358.5	$ 347.9
Non-amortized trademarks	60.1	61.6
Total other intangible assets	418.6	409.5
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(223.2)	(206.2)
Total other intangible assets	(223.2)	(206.2)
Customer relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	146.6	147.1
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(77.7)	(71.2)
Developed technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	19.0	19.2
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(19.0)	(19.2)
Internally developed software [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	152.8	142.2
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(102.2)	(92.0)
Patents [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	29.8	29.3
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(20.8)	(20.6)
Trademarks [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	2.5	2.5
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(1.6)	(1.6)
Other [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	7.8	7.6
Accumulated Amortization, Total	$ (1.9)	$ (1.6)

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