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DERIVATIVES AND RISK MANAGEMENT (Details) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2012	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges Euro USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges Euro EUR (€)	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges British Pound USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges British Pound GBP (£)	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges Japanese Yen USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges Japanese Yen JPY (¥)	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges Mexican Peso USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges Mexican Peso MXN	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges Australian Dollar USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges Australian Dollar AUD	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges Canadian Dollar USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Designated as cash flow hedges Canadian Dollar CAD	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Not designated as hedges Euro USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2012 Foreign exchange forward contracts Not designated as hedges Euro EUR (€)
DERIVATIVES AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Maximum period of future intercompany purchases	18 months
Forecasted purchases to manage fluctuations (as a percent)	65.00%
Derivatives
Notional amount		$ 203,933	€ 156,025	$ 27,658	£ 17,510	$ 25,923	¥ 2,056,700	$ 9,850	133,680	$ 10,847	10,680	$ 22,107	22,310	$ 39,338	€ 30,000

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High end period remaining until maturity for the derivative contract, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Aggregate notional amount of foreign currency derivatives to purchase a foreign currency. Notional amount refers to the number of currency units specified in the foreign currency derivative contract.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6519104



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