Annual Shareholder Return Multiplier On Absolute Basis, Percentage

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award, Annual Performance Metric, Percentage

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payments, Annual Target Ceiling, Base Percentage

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Amount of cost capitalized for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet 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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Stock Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense capitalized to inventory		$ 5.5	$ 4.3	$ 10.0	$ 8.1
Restricted Stock Unit Awards With Market Conditions
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted restricted stock units	126,710
Award vesting service period	3 years
Base percentage of annual target ceiling	100.00%
Weighted-average fair value per RSU granted (in dollars per share)	$ 112.12
Restricted Stock Unit Awards With Market Conditions \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual percentage of shares earned, performance metric	0.00%
Percentage of Annual TSR multiplier on absolute basis	50.00%
Restricted Stock Unit Awards With Market Conditions \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual percentage of shares earned, performance metric	200.00%
Restricted Stock Unit Awards With Performance Conditions, Non-GAAP Income Target
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted restricted stock units	63,400
Award vesting service period	3 years
Weighted-average fair value per RSU granted (in dollars per share)	$ 73.82
Restricted Stock Unit Awards With Performance Conditions, Non-GAAP Income Target \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual percentage of shares earned, performance metric	50.00%
Restricted Stock Unit Awards With Performance Conditions, Non-GAAP Income Target \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual percentage of shares earned, performance metric	200.00%
Restricted Stock Unit Awards With Performance Conditions, Strategic Goal Target
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted restricted stock units	63,400
Award vesting service period	3 years
Weighted-average fair value per RSU granted (in dollars per share)	$ 73.82
Restricted Stock Unit Awards With Performance Conditions, Strategic Goal Target \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual percentage of shares earned, performance metric	50.00%
Restricted Stock Unit Awards With Performance Conditions, Strategic Goal Target \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual percentage of shares earned, performance metric	200.00%