Table 3. Number of business processes affected in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, selected quarters 2010 and 2011 (1)
Business Processes Total Main Secondary

I
2010
IV
2010(r)
I
2011(p)
I
2010
IV
2010(r)
I
2011(p)
I
2010
IV
2010(r)
I
2011(p)
Total, private nonfarm

Core Processes

 1,324 1,120 1,030 1,024 864 768 300 256 262

Strategic management

 14 16 19 - - - 14 16 19

Procurement, logistics, and distribution

 125 90 90 16 6 8 109 84 82

Operations

 965 823 724 935 805 680 30 18 44

Product development

 39 59 65 3 5 24 36 54 41

Marketing, sales, and account management

 78 58 43 28 10 12 50 48 31

Customer and after-sales service

 103 74 89 42 38 44 61 36 45

Support Processes

 379 212 241 41 20 22 338 192 219

General management and firm infrastructure

 246 147 169 34 13 16 212 134 153

Human resources management

 92 47 49 4 3 3 88 44 46

Technology and process development

 41 18 23 3 4 3 38 14 20

Business Function not provided (2)

 10 8 7 10 8 7 - - -
Goods-producing industries

Core Processes

 673 632 474 550 491 379 123 141 95

Strategic management

 4 9 7 - - - 4 9 7

Procurement, logistics, and distribution

 69 57 42 4 - 3 65 57 39

Operations

 544 481 369 538 478 357 6 3 12

Product development

 23 37 32 2 2 10 21 35 22

Marketing, sales, and account management

 18 23 8 3 1 1 15 22 7

Customer and after-sales service

 15 25 16 3 10 8 12 15 8

Support Processes

 166 101 102 7 8 4 159 93 98

General management and firm infrastructure

 103 70 62 7 5 3 96 65 59

Human resources management

 41 20 26 - - - 41 20 26

Technology and process development

 22 11 14 - 3 1 22 8 13

Business Function not provided (2)

 4 2 3 4 2 3 - - -
Service-providing industries

Core Processes

 651 488 556 474 373 389 177 115 167

Strategic management

 10 7 12 - - - 10 7 12

Procurement, logistics, and distribution

 56 33 48 12 6 5 44 27 43

Operations

 421 342 355 397 327 323 24 15 32

Product development

 16 22 33 1 3 14 15 19 19

Marketing, sales, and account management

 60 35 35 25 9 11 35 26 24

Customer and after-sales service

 88 49 73 39 28 36 49 21 37

Support Processes

 213 111 139 34 12 18 179 99 121

General management and firm infrastructure

 143 77 107 27 8 13 116 69 94

Human resources management

 51 27 23 4 3 3 47 24 20

Technology and process development

 19 7 9 3 1 2 16 6 7

Business Function not provided (2)

 6 6 4 6 6 4 - - -

Footnotes:
(1) Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
(2) The number of events for which respondents were unable or refused to provide a Business Function response. Layoff events where employer contact could not be made or where employers refused to participate in the employer interview are not included.
(r) = revised.
(p) = preliminary.

NOTE: Dash represents zero.

 

Last Modified Date: June 1, 2011