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Number of business processes affected in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, selected quarters 2008 and 2009

Table 3. Number of business processes affected in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, selected quarters 2008 and 2009 (1)
Business Processes	Total			Main			Secondary
Business Processes	IV 2008	III 2009 (r)	IV 2009 (p)	IV 2008	III 2009 (r)	IV 2009 (p)	IV 2008	III 2009 (r)	IV 2009 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	2,603	1,566	1,219	2,017	1,222	945	586	344	274
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	284	156	119	21	12	13	263	144	106
Operations	1,965	1,202	939	1,924	1,175	916	41	27	23
Product development	103	52	38	20	4	3	83	48	35
Marketing, sales, and account management	151	69	65	38	18	5	113	51	60
Customer and after-sales service	100	87	58	14	13	8	86	74	50
Support Processes	893	473	366	94	40	27	799	433	339
General management and firm infrastructure	598	310	235	62	30	15	536	280	220
Human resources management	193	89	79	22	4	4	171	85	75
Technology and process development	102	74	52	10	6	8	92	68	44
Business Function not provided (2)	65	27	24	65	27	24	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	1,685	915	731	1,338	735	577	347	180	154
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	189	103	78	7	2	7	182	101	71
Operations	1,323	729	578	1310	725	570	13	4	8
Product development	75	34	32	11	1	-	64	33	32
Marketing, sales, and account management	65	26	27	10	7	-	55	19	27
Customer and after-sales service	33	23	16	-	-	-	33	23	16
Support Processes	514	261	183	22	8	8	492	253	175
General management and firm infrastructure	335	163	119	19	6	6	316	157	113
Human resources management	105	49	39	-	-	-	105	49	39
Technology and process development	74	49	25	3	2	2	71	47	23
Business Function not provided (2)	16	11	6	16	11	6	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	918	651	488	679	487	368	239	164	120
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	95	53	41	14	10	6	81	43	35
Operations	642	473	361	614	450	346	28	23	15
Product development	28	18	6	9	3	3	19	15	3
Marketing, sales, and account management	86	43	38	28	11	5	58	32	33
Customer and after-sales service	67	64	42	14	13	8	53	51	34
Support Processes	379	212	183	72	32	19	307	180	164
General management and firm infrastructure	263	147	116	43	24	9	220	123	107
Human resources management	88	40	40	22	4	4	66	36	36
Technology and process development	28	25	27	7	4	6	21	21	21
Business Function not provided (2)	49	16	18	49	16	18	-	-	-
(1) Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. (2) The number of events for which respondents were unable or refused to provide a Business Function response. Layoff events where employer contact could not be made or where employers refused to participate in the employer interview are not included. ^r = revised. ^p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero.