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Number of business processes affected in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, selected quarters 2009 and 2010

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	II 2009 (r)	I 2010 (r)	II 2010 (p)	II 2009 (r)	I 2010 (r)	II 2010 (p)	II 2009 (r)	I 2010 (r)	II 2010 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	2,471	1,324	1,025	1,901	1,024	827	570	300	198
Strategic management	(3)	14	11	(3)	-	-	(3)	14	11
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	258	125	76	21	16	12	237	109	64
Operations	1,858	965	778	1,819	935	761	39	30	17
Product development	90	39	30	10	3	1	80	36	29
Marketing, sales, and account management	137	78	56	29	28	22	108	50	34
Customer and after-sales service	128	103	74	22	42	31	106	61	43
Support Processes	876	379	273	59	41	26	817	338	247
General management and firm infrastructure	557	246	188	47	34	22	510	212	166
Human resources management	173	92	55	3	4	3	170	88	52
Technology and process development	146	41	30	9	3	1	137	38	29
Business Function not provided (2)	41	10	8	41	10	8	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	1,527	673	508	1,180	550	430	347	123	78
Strategic management	(3)	4	4	(3)	-	-	(3)	4	4
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	182	69	40	7	4	5	175	65	35
Operations	1,175	544	424	1162	538	421	13	6	3
Product development	64	23	16	3	2	-	61	21	16
Marketing, sales, and account management	55	18	15	6	3	3	49	15	12
Customer and after-sales service	51	15	9	2	3	1	49	12	8
Support Processes	546	166	118	16	7	7	530	159	111
General management and firm infrastructure	330	103	79	11	7	6	319	96	73
Human resources management	112	41	22	1	-	-	111	41	22
Technology and process development	104	22	17	4	-	1	100	22	16
Business Function not provided (2)	8	4	1	8	4	1	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	944	651	517	721	474	397	223	177	120
Strategic management	(3)	10	7	(3)	-	-	(3)	10	7
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	76	56	36	14	12	7	62	44	29
Operations	683	421	354	657	397	340	26	24	14
Product development	26	16	14	7	1	1	19	15	13
Marketing, sales, and account management	82	60	41	23	25	19	59	35	22
Customer and after-sales service	77	88	65	20	39	30	57	49	35
Support Processes	330	213	155	43	34	19	287	179	136
General management and firm infrastructure	227	143	109	36	27	16	191	116	93
Human resources management	61	51	33	2	4	3	59	47	30
Technology and process development	42	19	13	5	3	-	37	16	13
Business Function not provided (2)	33	6	7	33	6	7	-	-	-
Footnotes: (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: August 20, 2010