Number of business processes affected in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, selected quarters 2009 and 2010 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 3. Number of business processes affected in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, selected quarters 2009 and 2010 (1)
Business Processes	Total			Main			Secondary
Business Processes	I 2009(r)	IV 2009(r)	I 2010(p)	I 2009(r)	IV 2009(r)	I 2010(p)	I 2009(r)	IV 2009(r)	I 2010(p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	3,623	1,424	1,131	2,720	1,113	869	903	311	262
Strategic management	(3)	(3)	11	(3)	(3)	-	(3)	(3)	11
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	372	137	113	21	15	12	351	122	101
Operations	2,656	1,097	838	2,594	1,071	814	62	26	24
Product development	167	44	32	15	3	3	152	41	29
Marketing, sales, and account management	266	82	70	67	13	25	199	69	45
Customer and after-sales service	162	64	67	23	11	15	139	53	52
Support Processes	1,190	421	332	92	31	34	1,098	390	298
General management and firm infrastructure	773	271	214	60	16	28	713	255	186
Human resources management	249	90	83	18	5	3	231	85	80
Technology and process development	168	60	35	14	10	3	154	50	32
Business Function not provided (2)	73	25	7	73	25	7	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	2,127	860	597	1,658	686	484	469	174	113
Strategic management	(3)	(3)	4	(3)	(3)	-	(3)	(3)	4
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	215	91	64	3	8	3	212	83	61
Operations	1,657	686	481	1641	677	475	16	9	6
Product development	112	36	21	7	-	2	105	36	19
Marketing, sales, and account management	98	31	17	5	1	4	93	30	13
Customer and after-sales service	45	16	10	2	-	-	43	16	10
Support Processes	652	206	153	19	8	7	633	198	146
General management and firm infrastructure	415	135	94	13	6	7	402	129	87
Human resources management	125	43	39	-	-	-	125	43	39
Technology and process development	112	28	20	6	2	-	106	26	20
Business Function not provided (2)	22	7	2	22	7	2	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	1,496	564	534	1,062	427	385	434	137	149
Strategic management	(3)	(3)	7	(3)	(3)	-	(3)	(3)	7
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	157	46	49	18	7	9	139	39	40
Operations	999	411	357	953	394	339	46	17	18
Product development	55	8	11	8	3	1	47	5	10
Marketing, sales, and account management	168	51	53	62	12	21	106	39	32
Customer and after-sales service	117	48	57	21	11	15	96	37	42
Support Processes	538	215	179	73	23	27	465	192	152
General management and firm infrastructure	358	136	120	47	10	21	311	126	99
Human resources management	124	47	44	18	5	3	106	42	41
Technology and process development	56	32	15	8	8	3	48	24	12
Business Function not provided (2)	51	18	5	51	18	5	-	-	-
(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. (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: May 21, 2010