Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] | 9. Segmented information General description The Company is operated and managed geographically and has production facilities in the United States, Mexico and China. Commencing in the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company changed the measure it utilizes to monitor reportable segment performance from adjusted EBITDA, (which was defined as earnings before restructuring charges, interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses on unsettled forward contracts) to each reportable segment’s site contribution (which is calculated by management based on site revenues minus operating expenses, excluding unrealized foreign exchange, corporate allocations and restructuring expenses). Comparative periods reflect the change in the Company’s measure of segment performance. Site contribution is utilized by the CEO who is defined as the chief operating decision-maker as the indicator of reportable segment performance, as it reflects costs which our operating site management is directly responsible for, and by which the chief operating decision maker makes decisions about resources to be allocated to its operating segments. Intersegment adjustments reflect intersegment sales that are generally recorded at prices that approximate arm’s-length transactions. In assessing the performance of the reportable segments, management attributes site revenue to the reportable segment that originates the shipment of product to the end customer, irrespective of the product’s destination. Information about the reportable segments is as follows: Three months ended Nine months ended September 27 , 2015 September 28 , 2014 (As Revised – See Note 2) September 27 , 2015 September 28 , 2014 (As Revised – See Note 2 ) Revenues Mexico $ 34,753 $ 37,122 $ 109,515 $ 114,824 China 12,055 14,120 33,547 44,809 U.S. 9,218 12,132 24,804 38,673 Total $ 56,026 $ 63,374 $ 167,866 $ 198,306 Intersegment revenue Mexico $ (126 ) $ (112 ) $ (336 ) $ (619 ) China (2,361 ) (2,648 ) (7,451 ) (9,672 ) U.S. (114 ) (5,086 ) (199 ) (16,480 ) Total $ (2,601 ) $ (7,846 ) $ (7,986 ) $ (26,771 ) Net external revenue Mexico $ 34,627 $ 37,010 $ 109,179 $ 114,205 China 9,694 11,472 26,096 35,137 U.S. 9,104 7,046 24,605 22,193 Total segment revenue (which also equals consolidated revenue) $ 53,425 $ 55,528 $ 159,880 $ 171,535 Site Contribution Mexico $ 2,007 $ 2,721 $ 7,682 $ 6,210 China 804 1,050 1,773 3,631 U.S. 243 598 728 2,438 Total $ 3,054 $ 4,369 $ 10,183 $ 12,279 Corporate allocations 3,167 3,384 9,338 10,591 Unrealized loss (gain) on derivative financial instruments 805 923 334 (171 ) Interest 300 470 914 1,337 Restructuring charges — 187 — 1,366 Loss before income taxes $ (1,218 ) $ (595 ) $ (403 ) $ (844 ) Additions to property, plant and equipment The following table contains additions including those acquired through capital leases, to property, plant and equipment for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2015 and September 28, 2014: Three months ended Nine months ended September 27 , 2015 September 28 , 2014 September 27 , 2015 September 28 , 2014 Mexico $ 107 $ 393 $ 503 $ 2,675 China 150 27 777 56 U.S. 221 174 606 286 Segment total 478 594 1,886 3,017 Corporate and other 30 23 69 135 Total $ 508 $ 617 $ 1,955 $ 3,152 Property, plant and equipment (a) September 27 , 2015 December 28, 2014 Mexico $ 11,017 $ 12,556 China 3,185 3,001 U.S. 2,137 1,776 Segment total 16,339 17,333 Corporate and other 222 257 Total assets $ 16,561 $ 17,590 (a) Property, plant and equipment information is based on the principal location of the asset. Geographic revenues The following table contains geographic revenues based on the customer location, for the three and nine months ended September 27, 2015 and September 28, 2014: Three months ended Nine months ended September 27 , 2015 September 28 , 2014 September 27 , 2015 September 28 , 2014 U.S. $ 46,994 $ 45,924 $ 127,238 $ 149,255 Canada 6,057 7,729 31,068 17,462 Europe — — — 284 China 374 1,875 1,574 4,530 Mexico — — — 4 Total $ 53,425 $ 55,528 $ 159,880 $ 171,535 Significant customers and concentration of credit risk: Sales of the Company’s products are concentrated in certain cases among specific customers in the same industry. The Company is subject to concentrations of credit risk in trade receivables. The Company considers concentrations of credit risk in establishing the allowance for doubtful accounts and believes the recorded allowances are adequate. The Company expects to continue to depend upon a relatively small number of customers for a significant percentage of its revenue. In addition to having a limited number of customers, the Company manufactures a limited number of products for each customer. If the Company loses any of its larger customers or any product line manufactured for one of its larger customers, it could experience a significant reduction in revenue. Also, the insolvency of one or more of its larger customers or the inability of one or more of its larger customers to pay for its orders could decrease revenue. As many costs and operating expenses are relatively fixed, a reduction in net revenue can decrease profit margins and adversely affect the business, financial condition and results of operations. During the three months ended September 27, 2015, two customers individually comprised 15.9% and 11.6% (September 28, 2014 – three customers individually comprised 27.8%, 13.8% and 10.6%) of total revenue across all geographic segments. During the nine months ended September 27, 2015 two customers individually comprised 14.5% and 11.6% (September 28, 2014 – three customers individually comprised 31.3%, 13.4% and 10.3%) of total revenue across all geographic segments. No other customers represented more than 10% of revenue. The two customers with revenues in excess of 10% for nine months ended 2015 represented 12.0% and 4.2%, respectively as at September 27, 2015, (as of December 28, 2014, these customers represented 14.3% and 20.8%, respectively) of the Company’s accounts receivable. |