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SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Revenue by Product and Service Offering (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 24, 2016	Jun. 25, 2016	Mar. 26, 2016	Dec. 26, 2015	Sep. 26, 2015	Jun. 27, 2015	Mar. 28, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 26, 2015	Dec. 27, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 466,789	$ 425,720	$ 434,055	$ 354,868	$ 353,850	$ 349,465	$ 339,573	$ 320,414	$ 1,681,432	$ 1,363,302	$ 1,297,662
RMS
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue									494,037	470,411	503,656
DSA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue									836,593	612,173	538,218
Manufacturing
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue									$ 350,802	$ 280,718	$ 255,788

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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