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Mass Layoff Statistics
Table 2. Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, second quarters 2011 and 2012 (1)
Reason Extended mass layoff events Total business process Core processes Support processes
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 2012(p)                      

Total business process

1,476 1,982 15 127 1,243 79 51 141 237 63 26
Business demand
477 641 6 23 461 31 9 33 47 22 9
Contract cancellation
31 50 1 2 29 3 - 3 7 2 3
Contract
completion
311 366 - 9 305 12 3 12 14 10 1
Domestic competition
(2) 1 - - - - - - 1 - -
Excess inventory/
saturated market
(2) 7 - 2 3 - 1 - 1 - -
Import
competition
- - - - - - - - - - -
Slack work/
insufficient
demand/non-seasonal business slowdown
131 217 5 10 124 16 5 18 24 10 5
Organizational changes
77 187 3 14 67 7 15 20 42 11 8
Business-
ownership
change
16 42 1 3 16 3 5 3 9 2 -
Reorgan-
ization
or
restructuring
of company
61 145 2 11 51 4 10 17 33 9 8
Financial issues
75 163 5 11 59 9 8 26 33 8 4
Bankruptcy
14 30 2 2 11 1 2 3 6 1 2
Cost control/cost cutting/
increase
profitability
36 69 1 5 26 2 4 12 16 2 1
Financial difficulty
25 64 2 4 22 6 2 11 11 5 1
Production
specific
(2) 23 - 1 14 - - - 4 2 2
Disaster/Safety
(2) 4 - - 2 - - 1 - 1 -
Seasonal
656 920 1 76 616 30 16 52 108 18 3
Other/
Miscellaneous
175 44 - 2 24 2 3 9 3 1 -
Second quarter 2011                      

Total business process

1,810 2,285 17 141 1,418 97 70 184 275 52 31
Business demand
517 689 8 32 470 25 13 47 64 19 11
Contract cancellation
30 48 1 3 26 3 1 3 8 3 -
Contract
completion
317 400 3 14 300 16 6 18 27 12 4
Domestic competition
- - - - - - - - - - -
Excess inventory/
saturated market
(2) 3 - - 1 1 - 1 - - -
Import
competition
(2) 4 - 1 2 - - - 1 - -
Slack work/
insufficient
demand/non-seasonal business slowdown
166 234 4 14 141 5 6 25 28 4 7
Organizational changes
70 154 3 9 57 12 7 17 36 5 8
Business-
ownership
change
17 35 1 3 13 3 3 3 8 1 -
Reorgan-
ization
or
restructuring
of company
53 119 2 6 44 9 4 14 28 4 8
Financial issues
117 263 1 29 108 17 19 29 44 9 7
Bankruptcy
26 54 - 4 21 2 5 11 10 1 -
Cost control/cost cutting/
increase
profitability
61 126 - 15 59 9 9 7 18 5 4
Financial difficulty
30 83 1 10 28 6 5 11 16 3 3
Production
specific
33 50 1 3 31 2 - 3 6 1 3
Disaster/Safety
11 16 1 - 9 - 2 1 2 1 -
Seasonal
773 1,062 2 66 713 40 27 83 114 16 1
Other/
Miscellaneous
289 51 1 2 30 1 2 4 9 1 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.
(p) = preliminary.

NOTE: Dash represents zero.