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Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, fourth quarters 2009 and 2010

Table 2. Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, fourth 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
Fourth quarter 2010 (p)
Total business process	1,910	2,325	16	170	1,579	96	80	97	220	49	18
Business demand	643	837	6	42	611	36	20	33	65	18	6
Contract cancellation	24	33	-	1	19	-	3	5	3	2	-
Contract completion	371	441	-	16	362	11	9	10	25	7	1
Domestic competition	(2)	8	-	1	3	-	1	1	1	1	-
Excess inventory/ saturated market	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Import competition	(2)	5	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	243	350	6	23	225	23	7	17	36	8	5
Organizational changes	72	171	6	18	62	6	13	14	30	14	8
Business- ownership change	17	46	2	4	15	-	2	6	9	6	2
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	55	125	4	14	47	6	11	8	21	8	6
Financial issues	105	228	4	27	97	14	19	15	38	11	3
Bankruptcy	13	30	1	3	13	1	1	2	6	3	-
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	63	135	3	15	56	11	13	11	20	3	3
Financial difficulty	29	63	-	9	28	2	5	2	12	5	-
Production specific	8	15	-	2	6	1	-	1	4	1	-
Disaster/Safety	5	6	-	-	4	-	-	1	1	-	-
Seasonal	804	1,036	-	81	778	38	26	31	77	4	1
Other/ Miscellaneous	273	32	-	-	21	1	2	2	5	1	-
Fourth quarter 2009 (r)
Total business process	2,416	2,880	(3)	233	1,900	56	102	94	336	96	63
Business demand	845	1,158	(3)	68	810	23	33	27	128	43	26
Contract cancellation	37	60	(3)	6	32	1	1	4	11	3	2
Contract completion	290	349	(3)	12	285	4	6	5	20	9	8
Domestic competition	(2)	5	(3)	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-
Excess inventory/ saturated market	10	20	(3)	6	8	-	1	2	3	-	-
Import competition	(2)	20	(3)	3	5	1	2	1	3	3	2
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	501	704	(3)	40	478	17	22	14	91	28	14
Organizational changes	89	209	(3)	21	76	5	15	15	48	17	12
Business- ownership change	29	64	(3)	5	24	1	5	4	16	6	3
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	60	145	(3)	16	52	4	10	11	32	11	9
Financial issues	179	401	(3)	43	164	12	33	20	83	26	20
Bankruptcy	21	54	(3)	7	17	1	8	4	11	5	1
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	113	246	(3)	27	103	4	19	13	53	14	13
Financial difficulty	45	101	(3)	9	44	7	6	3	19	7	6
Production specific	16	26	(3)	3	15	2	-	-	4	1	1
Disaster/Safety	6	7	(3)	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seasonal	828	1,038	(3)	96	805	12	20	30	66	6	3
Other/ Miscellaneous	453	41	(3)	1	24	2	1	2	7	3	1
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. (r) = revised. (p) = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

Last Modified Date: February 23, 2011