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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	III 2009 (r)	II 2010 (r)	III 2010 (p)	III 2009 (r)	II 2010 (r)	III 2010 (p)	III 2009 (r)	II 2010 (r)	III 2010 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	1,565	1,097	858	1,222	880	658	343	217	200
Strategic management	(3)	13	11	(3)	-	-	(3)	13	11
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	156	84	78	12	12	8	144	72	70
Operations	1,201	825	610	1,175	807	589	26	18	21
Product development	52	32	39	4	1	6	48	31	33
Marketing, sales, and account management	69	58	40	18	21	9	51	37	31
Customer and after-sales service	87	85	80	13	39	46	74	46	34
Support Processes	471	293	209	39	29	23	432	264	186
General management and firm infrastructure	309	204	146	29	24	19	280	180	127
Human resources management	88	59	43	4	4	2	84	55	41
Technology and process development	74	30	20	6	1	2	68	29	18
Business Function not provided (2)	27	9	2	27	9	2	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	914	533	414	735	449	328	179	84	86
Strategic management	(3)	5	5	(3)	-	-	(3)	5	5
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	103	44	41	2	6	5	101	38	36
Operations	728	445	314	725	441	307	3	4	7
Product development	34	17	22	1	-	3	33	17	19
Marketing, sales, and account management	26	13	12	7	1	1	19	12	11
Customer and after-sales service	23	9	20	-	1	12	23	8	8
Support Processes	259	125	97	7	8	7	252	117	90
General management and firm infrastructure	162	85	65	5	7	6	157	78	59
Human resources management	48	23	21	-	-	-	48	23	21
Technology and process development	49	17	11	2	1	1	47	16	10
Business Function not provided (2)	11	1	-	11	1	-	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	651	564	444	487	431	330	164	133	114
Strategic management	(3)	8	6	(3)	-	-	(3)	8	6
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	53	40	37	10	6	3	43	34	34
Operations	473	380	296	450	366	282	23	14	14
Product development	18	15	17	3	1	3	15	14	14
Marketing, sales, and account management	43	45	28	11	20	8	32	25	20
Customer and after-sales service	64	76	60	13	38	34	51	38	26
Support Processes	212	168	112	32	21	16	180	147	96
General management and firm infrastructure	147	119	81	24	17	13	123	102	68
Human resources management	40	36	22	4	4	2	36	32	20
Technology and process development	25	13	9	4	-	1	21	13	8
Business Function not provided (2)	16	8	2	16	8	2	-	-	-
(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.