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Income Taxes (Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation) (Details)

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Income Taxes (Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2015
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Income Tax Expense Reconciliation      
Tax at U.S. statutory rates $ 6,302,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 1,397,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 1,998,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit 324,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 74,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 106,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Palmer earn-out adjustment (1,217,000)synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBusinessCombinationEarnOutAdjustment 0synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBusinessCombinationEarnOutAdjustment 0synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBusinessCombinationEarnOutAdjustment
Bargain gain on CRI acquisition 0synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBargainPurchaseGain (366,000)synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBargainPurchaseGain 0synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBargainPurchaseGain
Manufacturing exemption (458,000)synl_IncomeTaxReconciliationManufacturingExemption (138,000)synl_IncomeTaxReconciliationManufacturingExemption (180,000)synl_IncomeTaxReconciliationManufacturingExemption
Stock issuance costs 0synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStockIssuanceCostsAmount 101,000synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStockIssuanceCostsAmount 0synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStockIssuanceCostsAmount
Stock option compensation 91,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost 85,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost 38,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost
Uncertain tax positions 139,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies 0us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies 0us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies
Other, net 205,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 57,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments (68,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Total $ 5,386,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 1,210,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 1,894,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Effective Tax Rate Reconciliation      
Tax at U.S. statutory rates (percent) 35.00333%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 34.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 34.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit (percent) 1.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Palmer earn-out adjustment (percent) (6.80%)synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBusinessCombinationEarnOutAdjustmentPercent 0.00%synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBusinessCombinationEarnOutAdjustmentPercent 0.00%synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBusinessCombinationEarnOutAdjustmentPercent
Bargain gain on CRI acquisition (percent) 0.00%synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBargainPurchaseGainPercent (8.90%)synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBargainPurchaseGainPercent 0.00%synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationBargainPurchaseGainPercent
Manufacturing exemption (percent) (2.50%)synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationManufacturingExemption (3.40%)synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationManufacturingExemption (3.10%)synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationManufacturingExemption
Stock issuance costs (percent) 0.00%synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStockIssuanceCostsPercent 2.50%synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStockIssuanceCostsPercent 0.00%synl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStockIssuanceCostsPercent
Stock option compensation (percent) 0.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost 2.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost 0.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost
Uncertain tax positions (percent) 0.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingencies 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingencies 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingencies
Other, net (percent) 1.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 1.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (1.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Total (percent) 29.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 29.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 32.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations