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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	IV 2009 (r)	III 2010 (r)	IV 2010 (p)	IV 2009 (r)	III 2010 (r)	IV 2010 (p)	IV 2009 (r)	III 2010 (r)	IV 2010 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	1,422	907	1,084	1,111	693	835	311	214	249
Strategic management	(3)	11	16	(3)	-	-	(3)	11	16
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	137	84	89	15	9	6	122	75	83
Operations	1,095	631	801	1,069	608	783	26	23	18
Product development	44	42	58	3	6	5	41	36	53
Marketing, sales, and account management	82	44	54	13	9	10	69	35	44
Customer and after-sales service	64	95	66	11	61	31	53	34	35
Support Processes	420	220	205	31	25	18	389	195	187
General management and firm infrastructure	270	155	143	16	21	11	254	134	132
Human resources management	90	45	45	5	2	3	85	43	42
Technology and process development	60	20	17	10	2	4	50	18	13
Business Function not provided (2)	25	3	6	25	3	6	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	859	436	618	685	343	479	174	93	139
Strategic management	(3)	5	9	(3)	-	-	(3)	5	9
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	91	44	57	8	5	-	83	39	57
Operations	685	325	471	676	318	468	9	7	3
Product development	36	25	36	-	3	2	36	22	34
Marketing, sales, and account management	31	13	22	1	1	1	30	12	21
Customer and after-sales service	16	24	23	-	16	8	16	8	15
Support Processes	205	101	96	8	7	7	197	94	89
General management and firm infrastructure	134	68	68	6	6	4	128	62	64
Human resources management	43	22	18	-	-	-	43	22	18
Technology and process development	28	11	10	2	1	3	26	10	7
Business Function not provided (2)	7	1	2	7	1	2	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	563	471	466	426	350	356	137	121	110
Strategic management	(3)	6	7	(3)	-	-	(3)	6	7
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	46	40	32	7	4	6	39	36	26
Operations	410	306	330	393	290	315	17	16	15
Product development	8	17	22	3	3	3	5	14	19
Marketing, sales, and account management	51	31	32	12	8	9	39	23	23
Customer and after-sales service	48	71	43	11	45	23	37	26	20
Support Processes	215	119	109	23	18	11	192	101	98
General management and firm infrastructure	136	87	75	10	15	7	126	72	68
Human resources management	47	23	27	5	2	3	42	21	24
Technology and process development	32	9	7	8	1	1	24	8	6
Business Function not provided (2)	18	2	4	18	2	4	-	-	-
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: February 23, 2011