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Reason | Extended mass layoff events | Total bus. process. | Core processes | Support processes | ||||||
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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. |
Last Modified Date: November 24, 2009