DEBT - Obligations (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2017	Dec. 30, 2016
Debt Obligations
Total debt obligations, excluding capital lease obligations	$ 2,776,000	$ 6,046,000
Less current portion	1,276,000	3,972,000
Debt obligations, less current portion	1,500,000	2,074,000
Revolving line of credit
Debt Obligations
Total debt obligations, excluding capital lease obligations	1,500,000
Term Note
Debt Obligations
Total debt obligations, excluding capital lease obligations		1,500,000
360 Energy Engineers LLC
Debt Obligations
Total debt obligations, excluding capital lease obligations	$ 253,000	1,031,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.00%
Monthly principal and interest installment (in dollars)	$ 88,752
Notes payable for Abacus
Debt Obligations
Total debt obligations, excluding capital lease obligations		54,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	4.00%
Monthly principal and interest installment (in dollars)	$ 54,281
Notes payable for insurance
Debt Obligations
Total debt obligations, excluding capital lease obligations	$ 67,000	599,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	2.98%
Monthly principal and interest installment (in dollars)	$ 67,620
Notes payable for Genesys
Debt Obligations
Total debt obligations, excluding capital lease obligations	$ 956,000	$ 2,862,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	0.65%
Monthly principal and interest installment (in dollars)	$ 191,667

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (c)
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