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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 development | Mktg., sales, account mgmt. | Customer and after- sales service | General mgmt. and firm infra-structure | HR mgmt. | Tech. and process develop. | |||
Fourth quarter 2009 (p) | ||||||||||
Total business process | 2,043 | 2,537 | 204 | 1,684 | 47 | 80 | 86 | 296 | 85 | 55 |
Business demand | 726 | 1,012 | 62 | 703 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 117 | 38 | 23 |
Contract cancellation | 29 | 48 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Contract completion | 252 | 306 | 10 | 248 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 8 |
Domestic competition | (2) | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Excess inventory/ saturated market | 9 | 19 | 6 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
Import competition | (2) | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown | 430 | 615 | 37 | 416 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 85 | 24 | 12 |
Organizational changes | 73 | 180 | 18 | 62 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 40 | 17 | 11 |
Business- ownership change | 24 | 58 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company | 49 | 122 | 13 | 41 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 8 |
Financial issues | 153 | 339 | 36 | 140 | 9 | 27 | 19 | 70 | 22 | 16 |
Bankruptcy | 18 | 39 | 6 | 14 | - | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | - |
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability | 96 | 212 | 23 | 88 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 45 | 13 | 11 |
Financial difficulty | 39 | 88 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 5 |
Production specific | 14 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 |
Disaster/Safety | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Seasonal | 763 | 952 | 85 | 745 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 61 | 6 | 3 |
Other/ Miscellaneous | 309 | 29 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Fourth quarter 2008 | ||||||||||
Total business process | 3,582 | 4,525 | 353 | 2,797 | 109 | 176 | 123 | 666 | 199 | 102 |
Business demand | 1,580 | 2,313 | 156 | 1,491 | 67 | 79 | 36 | 338 | 100 | 46 |
Contract cancellation | 57 | 98 | 10 | 55 | 3 | 4 | - | 17 | 6 | 3 |
Contract completion | 313 | 360 | 13 | 303 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 4 |
Domestic competition | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Excess inventory/ saturated market | 18 | 28 | 3 | 18 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Import competition | 14 | 36 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown | 1,174 | 1,786 | 122 | 1,098 | 59 | 65 | 31 | 290 | 84 | 37 |
Organizational changes | 159 | 338 | 45 | 122 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 80 | 32 | 22 |
Business- ownership change | 31 | 67 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company | 128 | 271 | 35 | 96 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 66 | 27 | 20 |
Financial issues | 329 | 718 | 73 | 284 | 22 | 53 | 44 | 157 | 56 | 29 |
Bankruptcy | 45 | 123 | 14 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 18 | 2 |
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability | 165 | 323 | 31 | 139 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 74 | 15 | 14 |
Financial difficulty | 119 | 272 | 28 | 107 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 55 | 23 | 13 |
Production specific | 24 | 49 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
Disaster/Safety | 12 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Seasonal | 869 | 1,029 | 69 | 832 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 68 | 6 | - |
Other/ Miscellaneous | 609 | 63 | 3 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
(1) Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. NOTE: Dash represents zero. |
Last Modified Date: February 25, 2010