BUSINESS OVERVIEW (Policies)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Foreign currency translation adjustments are generally not adjusted for income taxes as they relate to indefinite investments in non-U.S. subsidiaries. During the second quarter of 2022, we designated our ¥14.4 billion Yen-denominated variable interest rate term loan and our €275 million Euro-denominated variable interest rate term loan outstanding as net investment hedges of our investment in certain foreign operations. During the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2022, we recognized after-tax foreign currency transaction gains of $14.6 million and $18.3 million, respectively, on the debt that were deferred in the foreign currency translation component of Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) as an offset to the foreign currency translation adjustments on our investments in foreign subsidiaries. Any amounts deferred in AOCI will remain until the hedged investment is sold or substantially liquidated. We recorded no ineffectiveness from our net investment hedges during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2022.
Allowances for Doubtful Accounts	Allowances for Doubtful AccountsAll trade accounts and unbilled receivables are reported in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet adjusted for any write-offs and net of allowances for credit losses. The allowances for credit losses represent management’s best estimate of the credit losses expected from our unbilled and trade accounts receivable portfolios over the life of the underlying assets. Additions to the allowances are charged to current period earnings, amounts determined to be uncollectible are charged directly against the allowances, while amounts recovered on previously written-off accounts increase the allowances.
Recently Issued Accounting Standard	Recently Issued Accounting Standard In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, which amends the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including convertible instruments and contracts in an entity’s own equity. On January 1, 2022, we adopted ASU 2020-06 using a modified retrospective approach and recognized in our balance sheet, as of January 1, 2022, a net of tax adjustment to reduce Additional Paid-in Capital by $65.7 million and increase debt by $3.7 million, with a corresponding net of tax adjustment to beginning retained earnings of $62.8 million. These adjustments are related to our 0.875% Convertible Senior Notes (the “Convertible Notes”), which were the only outstanding instruments impacted by the new standard at the time of adoption. Results for reporting periods beginning January 1, 2022 reflect the adoption of ASU 2020-06, while prior period amounts were not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historical accounting practices. Prior to our adoption of ASU 2020-06 on January 1, 2022, we recognized the fair value of the nonconvertible debt component of our Convertible Notes subject to the cash conversion guidance as debt and attributed the residual value to the conversion feature which was recognized in APIC. Subsequent to the issuance of our Convertible Notes in February 2019, we accreted the debt discount as non-cash interest expense in our Statements of Earnings. Further, we applied the treasury stock method to our Convertible Notes when calculating earnings per share (“EPS”) in all periods prior to our adoption of ASU 2020-06. After our adoption of ASU 2020-06, we account for convertible debt instruments wholly as debt, unless a convertible instrument contains features that require bifurcation as a derivative under ASC 815 or a convertible debt instrument is issued at a substantial premium. On January 1, 2022, we reclassified the unamortized cost basis of our outstanding Convertible Notes wholly as debt, which subsequently matured and was settled on February 15, 2022. We applied the if-converted method to all convertible instruments when calculating EPS for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, we had no convertible instruments outstanding subject to the guidance in ASU 2020-06.
Fair Value Measurements	Accounting standards define fair value based on an exit price model, establish a framework for measuring fair value where our assets and liabilities are required to be carried at fair value, and provide for certain disclosures related to the valuation methods used within a valuation hierarchy as established within the accounting standards. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows: •Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. •Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active, or other observable characteristics for the asset or liability, including interest rates, yield curves and credit risks, or inputs that are derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data through correlation. •Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on our assumptions. The classification of a financial asset or liability within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
Sales	We derive revenue primarily from the sale of products and software, and services. Revenue is recognized when control of promised products or services is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those products, software, or services. Product sales include revenue from the sale of products and equipment, which includes our software and SaaS product offerings and equipment rentals. Service sales include revenues from extended warranties, post-contract customer support (“PCS”), maintenance contracts or services, contract labor to perform ongoing service at a customer location, and services related to previously sold products. Contract Assets — In certain circumstances, we record contract assets which include unbilled amounts typically resulting from sales under contracts when revenue recognized exceeds the amount billed to the customer, and right to payment is not only subject to the passage of time. Contract assets were $84 million as of September 30, 2022 and $71 million as of December 31, 2021. Contract Costs — We incur and capitalize direct incremental costs to obtain certain contracts, typically sales-related commissions and costs associated with assets used by our customers in certain software arrangements. Deferred sales-related commissions are not capitalized when the amortization period is one year or less, as we elected to use the practical expedient to expense these sales commissions as incurred. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had $37 million and $27 million, respectively, in net revenue-related contract costs primarily related to certain software contracts. Revenue-related contract costs are recorded in the Prepaid expenses and other current assets and Other assets line items in our Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets. These assets have estimated useful lives between three and eight years. Contract Liabilities — Our contract liabilities consist of deferred revenue generally related to subscription-based software contracts, PCS and extended warranty sales, where in most cases we receive up-front payment and recognize revenue over the service or support term. The noncurrent portion of deferred revenue is included in Other long-term liabilities in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets. Remaining Performance Obligations — Our remaining performance obligations represent the transaction price of firm, non-cancelable orders and the average contract value for software contracts, for which work has not been performed. We have excluded performance obligations with an original expected duration of one year or less from the amounts below.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Foreign currency translation adjustments are generally not adjusted for income taxes as they relate to indefinite investments in non-U.S. subsidiaries. During the second quarter of 2022, we designated our ¥14.4 billion Yen-denominated variable interest rate term loan and our €275 million Euro-denominated variable interest rate term loan outstanding as net investment hedges of our investment in certain foreign operations.

During the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2022, we recognized after-tax foreign currency transaction gains of $14.6 million and $18.3 million, respectively, on the debt that were deferred in the foreign currency translation component of Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) as an offset to the foreign currency translation adjustments on our investments in foreign subsidiaries. Any amounts deferred in AOCI will remain until the hedged investment is sold or substantially liquidated. We recorded no ineffectiveness from our net investment hedges during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2022.

Allowances for Doubtful Accounts

Allowances for Doubtful AccountsAll trade accounts and unbilled receivables are reported in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet adjusted for any write-offs and net of allowances for credit losses. The allowances for credit losses represent management’s best estimate of the credit losses expected from our unbilled and trade accounts receivable portfolios over the life of the underlying assets. Additions to the allowances are charged to current period earnings, amounts determined to be uncollectible are charged directly against the allowances, while amounts recovered on previously written-off accounts increase the allowances.

Recently Issued Accounting Standard

In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic

815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, which amends the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including convertible instruments and contracts in an entity’s own equity. On January 1, 2022, we adopted ASU 2020-06 using a modified retrospective approach and recognized in our balance sheet, as of January 1, 2022, a net of tax adjustment to reduce Additional Paid-in Capital by $65.7 million and increase debt by $3.7 million, with a corresponding net of tax adjustment to beginning retained earnings of $62.8 million. These adjustments are related to our 0.875% Convertible Senior Notes (the “Convertible Notes”), which were the only outstanding instruments impacted by the new standard at the time of adoption.

Results for reporting periods beginning January 1, 2022 reflect the adoption of ASU 2020-06, while prior period amounts were not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historical accounting practices.

Prior to our adoption of ASU 2020-06 on January 1, 2022, we recognized the fair value of the nonconvertible debt component of our Convertible Notes subject to the cash conversion guidance as debt and attributed the residual value to the conversion feature which was recognized in APIC. Subsequent to the issuance of our Convertible Notes in February 2019, we accreted the debt discount as non-cash interest expense in our Statements of Earnings. Further, we applied the treasury stock method to our Convertible Notes when calculating earnings per share (“EPS”) in all periods prior to our adoption of ASU 2020-06. After our adoption of ASU 2020-06, we account for convertible debt instruments wholly as debt, unless a convertible instrument contains features that require bifurcation as a derivative under ASC 815 or a convertible debt instrument is issued at a substantial premium.

On January 1, 2022, we reclassified the unamortized cost basis of our outstanding Convertible Notes wholly as debt, which subsequently matured and was settled on February 15, 2022. We applied the if-converted method to all convertible instruments when calculating EPS for the nine months ended September 30, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, we had no convertible instruments outstanding subject to the guidance in ASU 2020-06.

Fair Value Measurements

Accounting standards define fair value based on an exit price model, establish a framework for measuring fair value where our assets and liabilities are required to be carried at fair value, and provide for certain disclosures related to the valuation methods used within a valuation hierarchy as established within the accounting standards. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows:

•Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

•Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active, or other observable characteristics for the asset or liability, including interest rates, yield curves and credit risks, or inputs that are derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data through correlation.

•Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on our assumptions. The classification of a financial asset or liability within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Sales

We derive revenue primarily from the sale of products and software, and services. Revenue is recognized when control of promised products or services is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those products, software, or services.

Product sales include revenue from the sale of products and equipment, which includes our software and SaaS product offerings and equipment rentals.

Service sales include revenues from extended warranties, post-contract customer support (“PCS”), maintenance contracts or services, contract labor to perform ongoing service at a customer location, and services related to previously sold products.

Contract Assets — In certain circumstances, we record contract assets which include unbilled amounts typically resulting from sales under contracts when revenue recognized exceeds the amount billed to the customer, and right to payment is not only subject to the passage of time. Contract assets were $84 million as of September 30, 2022 and $71 million as of December 31, 2021.

Contract Costs — We incur and capitalize direct incremental costs to obtain certain contracts, typically sales-related commissions and costs associated with assets used by our customers in certain software arrangements. Deferred sales-related commissions are not capitalized when the amortization period is one year or less, as we elected to use the practical expedient to expense these sales commissions as incurred. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had $37 million and $27 million, respectively, in net revenue-related contract costs primarily related to certain software contracts. Revenue-related contract costs are recorded in the Prepaid expenses and other current assets and Other assets line items in our Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets. These assets have estimated useful lives between three and eight years.

Contract Liabilities — Our contract liabilities consist of deferred revenue generally related to subscription-based software contracts, PCS and extended warranty sales, where in most cases we receive up-front payment and recognize revenue over the service or support term. The noncurrent portion of deferred revenue is included in Other long-term liabilities in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.

Remaining Performance Obligations — Our remaining performance obligations represent the transaction price of firm, non-cancelable orders and the average contract value for software contracts, for which work has not been performed. We have excluded performance obligations with an original expected duration of one year or less from the amounts below.