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Consolidated Trade Accounts Receivable Percent

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- Definition

Entity Wide Purchase Major Vendor Percentage

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- Definition

Increase Decrease In Revenue

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- Definition

Liability For Unrecognized Tax Benefits

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Value received from shareholders in common stock-related transactions that are in excess of par value or stated value and amounts received from other stock-related transactions. Includes only common stock transactions (excludes preferred stock transactions). May be called contributed capital, capital in excess of par, capital surplus, or paid-in capital.

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The amount of cash as of the balance sheet date that is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The average effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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The interest expense recognized during the period on customer deposits or security deposits held in interest bearing accounts.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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Description of the Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Aug. 26, 2011
Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Increase in additional paid in capital	$ 57,308,000	$ 10,862,000		$ 9,700,000
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Decrease in pre-tax earnings and cash flow	100,000
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Unrecognized tax benefit for uncertain tax positions, including interest and penalties	570,000	0
Interest-bearing accounts insured	250,000
Uninsured cash balances		$ 0
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Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Purchases accounted	30.00%	30.00%	37.00%
Vendor B [Member]
Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Purchases accounted	10.00%	16.00%	10.00%
Vendor C [Member]
Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Purchases accounted	15.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Significant Customers [Member]
Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Invoice date	150 days
Customer A [Member]
Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Consolidated accounts receivable	11.00%	15.00%
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Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
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Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Consolidated accounts receivable	13.00%	11.00%
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Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Consolidated net sales, percentage	16.00%	16.00%	15.00%
Minimum [Member]
Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Invoice date	30 days
Consolidated accounts receivable	10.00%	10.00%
Maximum [Member]
Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Invoice date	45 days
Business Segments [Member]
Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of Operating Segments	1
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member]
Description Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Interest rates on debt	10.00%