Long-Term Debt - Summary of Debt Instruments (Parenthetical) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016
Senior Secured Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes maturity date	Dec. 20, 2021	Dec. 20, 2021
Long-term Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other debt, due date, start	2019	2019
Other debt, due date, end	2020	2020
Long-term Debt [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate Range	2.61%	2.61%
Long-term Debt [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate Range	8.75%	8.75%
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility \| Revolving credit agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes maturity date	Dec. 20, 2021	Dec. 20, 2021

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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