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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 Subsidiary
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Payments terms | 60 days from invoice date.
Customer finance agreements, description | Customer finance agreements may be agreed separately with some customers where payment terms exceed 179 days.
Description of type of hedge | At inception, the Company documents the economic relationship between the hedged item and hedging instrument. For FX hedges, the hedge ratio is usually 1:1. The Company designates changes in forward rates as the hedged risk.
Customized solution [member] |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Payments terms | 60 days from invoice date.
Customer finance agreements, description | Customer finance agreements may be agreed separately with some customers where payment terms exceed 179 days.
Intellectual Property Rights [member] |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Payments terms | 60 days from invoice date.
Bottom of range [member] | Real estate [member] |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives in general for real estate | 25 years
Bottom of range [member] | Machinery and Equipment [member] |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives in general for real estate | 3 years
Top of range [member] | Real estate [member] |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives in general for real estate | 50 years
Top of range [member] | Machinery and Equipment [member] |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives in general for real estate | 10 years
Top of range [member] | Intellectual Property Rights [member] |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Number of subsidiaries in a jurisdiction | 1

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- Definition The description of the type of a hedge used by the entity. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2021-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 22 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2017-en-b&anchor=para_22_a&doctype=Standard&book=b -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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- Definition The useful life, measured as period of time, used for property, plant and equipment. [Refer: Property, plant and equipment] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 73 -Subparagraph c -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_73_c&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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