Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, fourth 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 2009 and 2010 (1)
Reason	Extended mass layoff events	Total business process	Core processes						Support processes
Reason	Extended mass layoff events	Total business process	Strat. Mgmt.	Procurement, logistics, distribution	Ops.	Product development	Marketing, sales, account management	Customer and after-sales service	General managment and firm infra-structure	Human resource management	Technology and process development
Second quarter 2010 (p)
Total business process	1,851	2,307	12	148	1,479	49	84	137	297	71	30
Business demand	604	815	2	40	565	16	24	36	89	27	16
Contract cancellation	49	95	-	7	43	2	5	5	20	7	6
Contract completion	262	301	-	8	253	2	6	8	16	6	2
Domestic competition	3	6	-	-	3	-	1	-	2	-	-
Excess inventory/ saturated market	(2)	4	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
Import competition	(2)	3	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	287	406	2	23	264	10	11	23	51	14	8
Organizational changes	109	219	3	15	91	7	14	24	47	11	7
Business- ownership change	29	63	1	4	24	1	3	6	14	4	6
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	80	156	2	11	67	6	11	18	33	7	1
Financial issues	112	210	5	18	91	6	14	13	45	12	6
Bankruptcy	13	29	1	1	11	-	2	3	6	4	1
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	58	101	3	11	44	3	8	4	22	2	4
Financial difficulty	41	80	1	6	36	3	4	6	17	6	1
Production specific	11	24	1	2	11	-	1	-	4	4	1
Disaster/Safety	11	14	-	1	8	-	3	-	1	1	-
Seasonal	757	1,009	1	72	701	19	28	63	109	16	-
Other/ Miscellaneous	247	16	-	-	12	1	-	1	2	-	-
Second quarter 2009 (r)
Total business process	3,395	4,320	(3)	332	2,565	112	166	161	655	182	147
Business demand	1,457	2,161	(3)	149	1,392	47	55	50	313	78	77
Contract cancellation	78	133	(3)	9	74	4	3	4	26	6	7
Contract completion	310	360	(3)	12	301	3	2	4	28	5	5
Domestic competition	-	-	(3)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Excess inventory/ saturated market	25	47	(3)	6	25	3	-	-	7	1	5
Import competition	8	23	(3)	5	8	1	1	-	4	2	2
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	1,036	1,598	(3)	117	984	36	49	42	248	64	58
Organizational changes	170	372	(3)	35	148	9	26	23	84	29	18
Business- ownership change	32	69	(3)	5	27	-	5	6	17	6	3
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	138	303	(3)	30	121	9	21	17	67	23	15
Financial issues	295	665	(3)	61	252	28	51	43	135	55	40
Bankruptcy	51	157	(3)	18	49	3	13	11	34	19	10
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	169	336	(3)	31	137	22	27	18	67	15	19
Financial difficulty	75	172	(3)	12	66	3	11	14	34	21	11
Production specific	14	43	(3)	7	14	2	3	3	7	4	3
Disaster/Safety	3	2	(3)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seasonal	757	973	(3)	74	707	22	29	33	98	9	1
Other/ Miscellaneous	699	104	(3)	6	50	4	2	9	18	7	8
Footnotes: (1) Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. (2) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. (3) Identification of data by this business process began with first quarter 2010 data. (p) = preliminary. (r) = revised.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.

Last Modified Date: August 20, 2010