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Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Formula, Eligible Accounts Receivable

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Line of Credit Facility, Annual Administrative Fee Amount

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Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Formula, Amount Over Eligible Accounts Receivable

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Line of Credit Facility, Cancellation Fee Percentage

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Line of Credit Facility, Debt Covenant, Liquidity

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Line of Credit Facility, Debt Covenant, Liquidity Threshold, Last Month Of Quarter

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Line of Credit, Liquidity Threshold

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Line of Credit, Liquidity Threshold, Last Month of Quarter

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, the carrying amount (net of accumulated amortization) as of the balance sheet date of capitalized costs associated with the issuance of debt instruments (for example, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs) that will be charged against earnings over the life of the debt instruments to which such costs pertain.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 20, 22
-Article 5

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Short-Term Borrowings (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
Short-Term Borrowings (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 19, 2016	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit			$ 25,000,000	$ 15,000,000
Trade Accounts Receivable \| Foreign \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, eligible accounts receivable	85.00%
2016 Debt Agreement \| Swingline loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility current borrowings	$ 10,000,000.0
2016 Debt Agreement \| Letter of Credit
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility current borrowings	10,000,000.0
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility current borrowings	55,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	25,000,000.0		55,000,000
Line of credit facility, eligible accounts receivable threshold	7,500,000
Line of credit, liquidity threshold	20,000,000.0
Line of credit, liquidity threshold, last month of quarter	25,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, annual administrative fee amount	25,000
Line of Credit facility, annual commitment fee	82,500
Deferred finance costs, net	$ 300,000
Line of credit facility, cancellation fee percentage	0.75%
Line of credit			25,000,000	$ 15,000,000
Line of credit, remaining borrowing capacity			7,500,000
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Availability, 70 Percent Or More
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage	0.35%
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Availability, 70 Percent Or More \| Prime Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Availability, 70 Percent Or More \| Prime Rate \| Forecasted
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		0.25%
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Availability, 30 Percent Or More And Less Than 70 Percent
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage	0.325%
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Availability, 30 Percent Or More And Less Than 70 Percent \| Prime Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	0.75%
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Availability, 30 Percent Or More And Less Than 70 Percent \| Prime Rate \| Forecasted
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		0.50%
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Availability, Below 30 Percent
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage	0.30%
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Availability, Below 30 Percent \| Prime Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Availability, Below 30 Percent \| Prime Rate \| Forecasted
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		0.75%
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, liquidity threshold, last month of quarter			$ 40,000,000
Line of credit facility, debt covenant, liquidity	$ 15,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, debt covenant, liquidity threshold, last month of quarter	$ 20,000,000.0
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Trade Accounts Receivable \| Domestic
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, eligible accounts receivable	85.00%
Line of Credit \| 2016 Debt Agreement \| Trade Accounts Receivable \| Foreign \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, eligible accounts receivable	75.00%