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Inventories, Net (Notes)

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Mar. 31, 2017

Inventories, Net [Abstract]

Inventories, Net

Inventories, Net.

Inventories, net consists of the following:

	March 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
	(in millions)
Raw materials	$	479			$	483
Work in process	340				299
Finished goods	2,248				2,201
	$	3,067			$	2,983

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The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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