Derivative Financial Instruments - Summary of Outstanding Foreign Currency Forward Contracts (Details) - Foreign Currency Forward Contracts	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) € / £ € / $ £ / $ $ / ¥ $ / ¥ $ / $	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) € / £ € / $ £ / $ $ / ¥ $ / ¥ $ / $
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 106,000,000.0	$ 122,400,000
Derivative One \| Cash Flow Hedges \| Non-designated
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 1,844,000	$ 1,221,000
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Maturity Date	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Index	EUR/GPB	EUR/GPB
Weighted Average Strike Rate \| € / £	0.8471	0.8981
Derivative Two \| Cash Flow Hedges \| Non-designated
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 3,375,000	$ 12,538,000
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Maturity Date	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Index	EUR/USD	EUR/USD
Weighted Average Strike Rate \| € / $	1.123	1.1479
Derivative Three \| Cash Flow Hedges \| Non-designated
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 25,957,000	$ 8,463,000
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Maturity Date	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Index	GPB/USD	GPB/USD
Weighted Average Strike Rate \| £ / $	1.3257	1.2785
Derivative Four \| Cash Flow Hedges \| Non-designated
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 39,340,000	$ 44,946,000
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Maturity Date	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Index	USD/CNY	USD/CNY
Weighted Average Strike Rate \| $ / ¥	6.9762	6.8738
Derivative Five \| Cash Flow Hedges \| Non-designated
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 763,000	$ 844,000
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Maturity Date	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Index	USD/JPY	USD/JPY
Weighted Average Strike Rate \| $ / ¥	108.732	110.14
Derivative Six \| Cash Flow Hedges \| Non-designated
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 33,621,000	$ 54,041,000
Effective Date	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Maturity Date	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Index	USD/TWD	USD/TWD
Weighted Average Strike Rate \| $ / $	29.988	30.559
Derivative Seven \| Cash Flow Hedges \| Non-designated
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 500,000	$ 300,000
Effective Date	Jan. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Maturity Date	Jan. 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2019
Index	USD/TWD	USD/TWD
Weighted Average Strike Rate \| $ / $	30.635	30.669
Derivative Eight \| Cash Flow Hedges \| Non-designated
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 500,000
Effective Date	Oct. 31, 2019
Maturity Date	Feb. 29, 2020
Index	USD/TWD
Weighted Average Strike Rate \| $ / $	30.571

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The average strike price on a group of foreign currency option contracts such as put options or call options.

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Date the derivative contract matures, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109980867&loc=SL5580258-113959

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
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Reference to the index or unit of measurement for the underlying which establishes the pricing terms of the derivative instrument. For example, the basis on the underlying for a natural gas futures contract might be the NYMEX price per million British thermal units (MMBtu).

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