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Table 2. Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, second quarters 2009 and 2010 (1)
Reason Extended mass layoff events Total business process Core processes Support processes
Strat. Mgmt. Procurement, logistics, distribution Ops. Product development Marketing, sales, account management Customer and after-sales service General managment and firm infra-structure Human resource management Technology and process development
Second quarter 2010 (p)

Total business process

 1,851 2,307 12 148 1,479 49 84 137 297 71 30

Business demand

 604 815 2 40 565 16 24 36 89 27 16

Contract cancellation

 49 95 - 7 43 2 5 5 20 7 6

Contract
completion

 262 301 - 8 253 2 6 8 16 6 2

Domestic competition

 3 6 - - 3 - 1 - 2 - -

Excess inventory/
saturated market

 (2) 4 - 1 2 1 - - - - -

Import
competition

 (2) 3 - 1 - 1 1 - - - -

Slack work/
insufficient
demand/non-seasonal business slowdown

 287 406 2 23 264 10 11 23 51 14 8

Organizational changes

 109 219 3 15 91 7 14 24 47 11 7

Business-
ownership
change

 29 63 1 4 24 1 3 6 14 4 6

Reorgan-
ization
or
restructuring
of company

 80 156 2 11 67 6 11 18 33 7 1

Financial issues

 112 210 5 18 91 6 14 13 45 12 6

Bankruptcy

 13 29 1 1 11 - 2 3 6 4 1

Cost control/cost cutting/
increase
profitability

 58 101 3 11 44 3 8 4 22 2 4

Financial difficulty

 41 80 1 6 36 3 4 6 17 6 1

Production
specific

 11 24 1 2 11 - 1 - 4 4 1

Disaster/Safety

 11 14 - 1 8 - 3 - 1 1 -

Seasonal

 757 1,009 1 72 701 19 28 63 109 16 -

Other/
Miscellaneous

 247 16 - - 12 1 - 1 2 - -
Second quarter 2009 (r)

Total business process

 3,395 4,320 (3) 332 2,565 112 166 161 655 182 147

Business demand

 1,457 2,161 (3) 149 1,392 47 55 50 313 78 77

Contract cancellation

 78 133 (3) 9 74 4 3 4 26 6 7

Contract
completion

 310 360 (3) 12 301 3 2 4 28 5 5

Domestic competition

 - - (3) - - - - - - - -

Excess inventory/
saturated market

 25 47 (3) 6 25 3 - - 7 1 5

Import
competition

 8 23 (3) 5 8 1 1 - 4 2 2

Slack work/
insufficient
demand/non-seasonal business slowdown

 1,036 1,598 (3) 117 984 36 49 42 248 64 58

Organizational changes

 170 372 (3) 35 148 9 26 23 84 29 18

Business-
ownership
change

 32 69 (3) 5 27 - 5 6 17 6 3

Reorgan-
ization
or
restructuring
of company

 138 303 (3) 30 121 9 21 17 67 23 15

Financial issues

 295 665 (3) 61 252 28 51 43 135 55 40

Bankruptcy

 51 157 (3) 18 49 3 13 11 34 19 10

Cost control/cost cutting/
increase
profitability

 169 336 (3) 31 137 22 27 18 67 15 19

Financial difficulty

 75 172 (3) 12 66 3 11 14 34 21 11

Production
specific

 14 43 (3) 7 14 2 3 3 7 4 3

Disaster/Safety

 3 2 (3) - 2 - - - - - -

Seasonal

 757 973 (3) 74 707 22 29 33 98 9 1

Other/
Miscellaneous

 699 104 (3) 6 50 4 2 9 18 7 8

Footnotes:
(1) Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
(2) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(3) Identification of data by this business process began with first quarter 2010 data.
(p) = preliminary.
(r) = revised.

NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 

Last Modified Date: August 20, 2010