Nature of Operations (Details)	Feb. 24, 2017
Nature of Operations [Abstract]
Entity Number of Employees	11,700
Number of Principal Locations	21
Number of Distribution Locations	800

The number of principal manufacturing and distribution center locations.

No definition available.

Name:	scs_NumberOfPrincipalLocations
Namespace Prefix:	scs_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant