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This amount represents the maximum amount of receivables eligible to be sold to the commercial paper conduits from the asset-backed securitization program.

No definition available.

Name:	flex_MaximumInvestmentLimitCommercialPaperConduit
Namespace Prefix:	flex_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

Represents the number of asset-backed securitization programs in which the entity participates.

No definition available.

Name:	flex_NumberOfAssetBackedSecuritizationPrograms
Namespace Prefix:	flex_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

Proceeds From Collection Of Deferred Purchase Price Receivables

No definition available.

Name:	flex_ProceedsFromCollectionOfDeferredPurchasePriceReceivables
Namespace Prefix:	flex_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

Service fee.

No definition available.

Name:	flex_ServiceFee
Namespace Prefix:	flex_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

This amount represents the total amount of accounts receivable sold by the company to a third party.

No definition available.

Name:	flex_TradeAccountsReceivableSoldToThirdParty
Namespace Prefix:	flex_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

Proceeds from securitizations of receivables treated as collateralized borrowings, which are classified as financing transactions.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121586364&loc=d3e3255-108585

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
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Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
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Name:	us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis=us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
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Name:	us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis=flex_OldABSProgramMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
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