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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. | |||
Third quarter 2009 (p) | ||||||||||
Total business process | 1,776 | 2,198 | 170 | 1,342 | 57 | 79 | 92 | 308 | 82 | 68 |
Business demand | 850 | 1,215 | 84 | 812 | 24 | 33 | 38 | 146 | 40 | 38 |
Contract cancellation | 45 | 68 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
Contract completion | 254 | 297 | 15 | 248 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
Domestic competition | 4 | 5 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Excess inventory/ saturated market | 17 | 28 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
Import competition | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown | 527 | 814 | 61 | 501 | 18 | 23 | 31 | 113 | 34 | 33 |
Organizational changes | 106 | 236 | 25 | 86 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 54 | 19 | 12 |
Business- ownership change | 21 | 55 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company | 85 | 181 | 18 | 66 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 14 | 10 |
Financial issues | 165 | 337 | 33 | 154 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 63 | 19 | 15 |
Bankruptcy | 19 | 39 | 3 | 19 | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability | 97 | 198 | 20 | 90 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 10 | 6 |
Financial difficulty | 49 | 100 | 10 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 8 |
Production specific | 14 | 32 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | - | 1 |
Disaster/Safety | 4 | 6 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Seasonal | 258 | 317 | 22 | 245 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 2 | - |
Other/ Miscellaneous | 379 | 55 | 4 | 27 | - | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
Third quarter 2008 (p) | ||||||||||
Total business process | 1,581 | 2,035 | 160 | 1,147 | 45 | 89 | 94 | 329 | 103 | 68 |
Business demand | 642 | 947 | 68 | 610 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 131 | 37 | 25 |
Contract cancellation | 44 | 71 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
Contract completion | 195 | 217 | 6 | 190 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
Domestic competition | (2) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Excess inventory/ saturated market | (2) | 17 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - |
Import competition | 12 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown | 382 | 607 | 47 | 358 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 98 | 29 | 16 |
Organizational changes | 122 | 294 | 27 | 100 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 69 | 21 | 21 |
Business- ownership change | 20 | 43 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company | 102 | 251 | 24 | 84 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 58 | 17 | 18 |
Financial issues | 192 | 435 | 40 | 170 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 97 | 37 | 20 |
Bankruptcy | 42 | 113 | 10 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 6 |
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability | 92 | 196 | 21 | 75 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 46 | 13 | 10 |
Financial difficulty | 58 | 126 | 9 | 55 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 12 | 4 |
Production specific | 30 | 48 | 5 | 28 | - | 3 | - | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Disaster/Safety | 32 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - |
Seasonal | 216 | 251 | 16 | 207 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | - |
Other/ Miscellaneous | 347 | 44 | 3 | 26 | - | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | - |
Footnotes: (1) Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. (2) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. For unabbreviated business process titles, see Table 3. |