Acquisition (Details) (SCC Services B.V. [Member]) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended
Jun. 12, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 12, 2014 EUR (€)
Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 7.3	€ 5.4
Escrow deposit to secure sellers' indemnification obligations	0.6	0.4
Duration period of escrow deposit	1 year	1 year
Total assets acquired	4.8
Cash and cash equivalents acquired	0.9
Receivables acquired	12.3
Goodwill and other intangibles acquired	2.5
Payables acquired	$ 10.8

Amount of intangible assets and goodwill, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Duration period of escrow deposit to secure the sellers' indemnification obligations under the purchase agreement.

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Amount of assets acquired at the acquisition date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Amount due from customers or clients for goods or services, including trade receivables, that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, and amounts due from others, including related parties expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Investing Activities

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 13

-Subparagraph (b)

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