Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, second quarters 2008 and 2009 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 2. Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, second quarters 2008 and 2009 (1)
Reason	Extended mass layoff events	Total bus. process.	Core processes					Support processes
Reason	Extended mass layoff events	Total bus. process.	Procure., logistics, dist.	Operations	Product develop.	Mktg., sales, account mgmt.	Customer and after- sales service	General mgmt. and firm infra-structure	HR mgmt.	Tech. and process develop.
Second quarter 2009 (p)
Total business process	2,994	3,931	304	2,320	110	143	147	604	168	135
Business demand	1,342	2,009	140	1,281	49	46	48	296	74	75
Contract cancellation	71	125	10	68	3	2	4	25	6	7
Contract completion	292	340	11	284	3	2	4	27	4	5
Domestic competition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Excess inventory/ saturated market	25	47	6	25	3	-	-	7	1	5
Import competition	6	20	4	6	1	1	-	4	2	2
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	948	1,477	109	898	39	41	40	233	61	56
Organizational changes	149	331	31	134	7	22	19	77	25	16
Business- ownership change	26	57	4	24	-	4	4	14	5	2
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	123	274	27	110	7	18	15	63	20	14
Financial issues	264	607	57	227	26	46	39	124	51	37
Bankruptcy	48	155	18	45	4	13	11	33	21	10
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	147	292	27	120	19	24	16	58	11	17
Financial difficulty	69	160	12	62	3	9	12	33	19	10
Production specific	8	17	3	8	-	1	1	3	1	-
Disaster/Safety	3	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seasonal	671	877	66	627	26	27	32	88	10	1
Other/ Miscellaneous	557	88	7	41	2	1	8	16	7	6
Second quarter 2008
Total business process	1,756	2,204	145	1,400	54	81	103	303	86	32
Business demand	566	742	34	535	20	25	21	77	18	12
Contract cancellation	22	43	2	21	1	3	2	8	4	2
Contract completion	211	227	3	206	3	1	2	9	1	2
Domestic competition	1	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Excess inventory/ saturated market	8	22	2	8	2	2	1	4	2	1
Import competition	13	26	3	13	1	1	-	7	1	-
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	311	421	23	286	13	17	16	49	10	7
Organizational changes	122	262	25	93	6	16	23	62	25	12
Business- ownership change	20	34	2	13	2	3	1	10	3	-
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	102	228	23	80	4	13	22	52	22	12
Financial issues	120	277	33	102	6	21	17	67	26	5
Bankruptcy	23	64	9	21	2	4	4	12	9	3
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	55	113	9	45	4	9	6	33	5	2
Financial difficulty	42	100	15	36	-	8	7	22	12	-
Production specific	24	39	3	23	1	1	2	6	2	1
Disaster/Safety	6	11	1	6	1	-	-	2	1	-
Seasonal	651	832	47	621	20	14	38	79	13	-
Other/ Miscellaneous	267	41	2	20	-	4	2	10	1	2
(1) Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. ^p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. For unabbreviated business process titles, see Table 3.

Last Modified Date: November 24, 2009