Machinery Rental Expense

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Amount of cash inflow associated with funds that are not available for withdrawal or use (such as funds held in escrow) and are associated with underlying transactions that are classified as investing activities.

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The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes and insurance obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. This element excludes replacement reserves which are an escrow separately provided for within the US GAAP taxonomy.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
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Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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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.

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Amount of cash outflow reducing loss contingency liability.

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Reflects the estimated amount of loss from the specified contingency as of the balance sheet date.

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Commitment and Contingencies - Narratives (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Jul. 29, 2017	Jul. 30, 2016	Jul. 25, 2015	Oct. 29, 2016
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency, estimated loss					$ 13.0
Loss contingency accrual, payments	$ 0.1
Operating leases, expense		$ 32.5	$ 26.8	$ 18.5
Machinery rental expense		26.0	23.0	$ 20.4
Letters of credit outstanding amount		48.7	57.6
Standby Letters of Credit
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding amount		48.7
Goodman Networks, Inc. Wireline Operations
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Escrow deposit		10.0
Funds released from escrow		2.5
Indemnification Portion Subject to Certain Conditions, Not Less Than Twelve Months \| Goodman Networks, Inc. Wireline Operations
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Escrow deposit		22.5
Indemnification Portion Subject to Seller Satisfaction of Certain Liabilities \| Goodman Networks, Inc. Wireline Operations
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Escrow deposit		10.0
Performance Guarantee and Surety Bond [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, carrying value		$ 118.2	$ 165.8