Significant Accounting Policies Update (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 29, 2019 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Total capacity under master lease agreement	$ 20.0
Real Estate [Member] \| Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	3 years
Real Estate [Member] \| Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	10 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Finance Lease, Term of Contract	5 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member] \| Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	3 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member] \| Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	5 years

Total capacity under master lease agreement

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- Definition

Term of lessee's finance lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918673-209980

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

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