Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, fourth quarters 2012 and 2013 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 2. Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, first quarters 2012 and 2013 (1)
Reason	Extended mass layoff events	Total bus. process	Core processes						Support processes
Reason	Extended mass layoff events	Total bus. process	Strat. Mgmt.	Procure., logistics, dist.	Ops.	Product development	Mktg., sales, account mgmt.	Customer and after -sales service	General mgmt. and firm infra-structure	HR mgmt.	Tech. and process develop.
First quarter 2013(p)
Total business process	914	1,112	8	76	723	47	42	60	111	31	14
Business demand	361	454	4	21	347	11	12	13	27	12	7
Contract cancellation	16	35	-	5	15	2	1	1	5	3	3
Contract completion	235	260	-	7	230	4	8	3	4	3	1
Domestic competition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Excess inventory/ saturated market	(2)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Import competition	(2)	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	108	156	4	8	100	5	3	9	18	6	3
Organizational changes	49	113	-	5	44	1	7	13	31	8	4
Business- ownership change	9	19	-	-	7	-	2	1	6	3	-
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	40	94	-	5	37	1	5	12	25	5	4
Financial issues	59	135	2	11	55	8	9	13	29	6	2
Bankruptcy	7	14	-	2	7	-	-	2	3	-	-
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	28	62	2	5	26	2	6	5	14	2	-
Financial difficulty	24	59	-	4	22	6	3	6	12	4	2
Production specific	12	22	-	4	12	1	-	1	3	-	1
Disaster/Safety	(2)	6	-	-	3	1	1	1	-	-	-
Seasonal	253	351	2	34	239	24	12	18	18	4	-
Other/ Miscellaneous	177	31	-	1	23	1	1	1	3	1	-
First quarter 2012
Total bus. process	1,294	1,689	23	115	1,019	82	75	124	176	47	28
Business demand	519	712	9	33	501	42	21	23	52	24	7
Contract cancellation	20	36	1	4	18	1	3	3	4	2	-
Contract completion	359	423	2	10	347	11	9	4	25	13	2
Domestic competition	(2)	8	1	1	2	1	1	??	1	1	-
Excess inventory/ saturated market	(2)	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Import competition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	135	242	5	18	131	29	8	16	22	8	5
Organizational changes	75	178	5	15	61	4	16	17	45	7	8
Business- ownership change	15	35	3	3	13	-	2	3	9	1	1
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	60	143	2	12	48	4	14	14	36	6	7
Financial issues	115	257	7	26	102	16	15	29	44	10	8
Bankruptcy	16	38	2	3	13	2	4	5	6	2	1
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	53	109	2	12	45	8	5	10	19	3	5
Financial difficulty	46	110	3	11	44	6	6	14	19	5	2
Production specific	16	25	1	2	13	1	1	2	2	-	3
Disaster/Safety	4	7	-	1	4	-	-	1	1	-	-
Seasonal	325	459	-	37	309	17	20	44	26	5	1
Other/ Miscellaneous	240	51	1	1	29	2	2	8	6	1	1
(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.