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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Other Intangible Assets by Major Class (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 01, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	$ 366.8	$ 361.4
Non-amortized trademarks	61.9	62.3
Total other intangible assets	428.7	423.7
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(243.2)	(228.7)
Total other intangible assets	(243.2)	(228.7)
Customer relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	143.6	146.2
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(84.5)	(79.7)
Developed technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	18.0	18.9
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(18.0)	(18.9)
Internally developed software [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	163.5	156.0
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(115.1)	(105.6)
Patents [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	31.6	30.1
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(21.6)	(20.9)
Trademarks [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	2.7	2.6
Accumulated Amortization, Total	(1.8)	(1.7)
Other [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross carrying value, Total	7.4	7.6
Accumulated Amortization, Total	$ (2.2)	$ (1.9)

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