Contract With Customer, Asset, Increase (Decrease)

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- Definition

Contract with Customer Asset, Subject To Negotiation And Settlement With The Customer

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Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Contract With Customer, Liability, Increase (Decrease)

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Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126920106&loc=SL49130549-203045

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126919976&loc=SL49130531-203044

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 3
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126919976&loc=SL49130533-203044

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Amount of decrease in right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time from transfer to receivable due to right to consideration becoming unconditional.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126920106&loc=SL49130551-203045

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Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

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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Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 26, 2023	Mar. 27, 2022	Dec. 25, 2022
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Contract assets, net change		$ (12.9)
Contract liabilities, net change		3.1
Revenue recognized		21.2	$ 21.2
Contract assets		209.9		$ 222.8
T for C \| Unbilled Revenues
Revenue Recognition, Multiple-deliverable Arrangements [Line Items]
Contract assets		4.8
Amount agreed to settlement	$ 6.0
Negotiation and settlement with the customer		$ 4.8