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Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Gross

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Payment of contingent consideration at acquisition date fair value.

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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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Total loss recognized during the period from the impairment of goodwill plus the loss recognized in the period resulting from the impairment of the carrying amount of intangible assets, other than goodwill.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in operating liabilities classified as other.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3602-108585

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Cash outflow representing an adjustment to the purchase price of a previous acquisition.

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2017	Sep. 23, 2016	Jun. 24, 2016	Mar. 25, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017	Dec. 25, 2015
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Payment of contingent consideration at acquisition date fair value					$ (18,300)	$ 0	$ 0
Other liabilities					2,046	4,182	(2,525)
Goodwill and intangible assets	$ 160,800					160,800
Goodwill and intangible assets, fair value	57,329					57,329
Goodwill and intangible asset impairment	0	$ (4,275)	$ (99,269)	$ 0	0	(103,544)	$ 0
Significant unobservable inputs (level 3)
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Goodwill and intangible assets, fair value	$ 57,329					$ 57,329
SIMOS Insourcing Solutions Corporation
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Payment of contingent consideration at acquisition date fair value					(18,300)
Other liabilities					4,200
SIMOS Insourcing Solutions Corporation \| Contingent Consideration \| Significant unobservable inputs (level 3)
Fair Value Measurement [Line Items]
Payments for previous acquisition					$ (22,500)