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Number of business processes affected in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, selected quarters 2010 and 2011

Table 3. Number of business processes affected in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, selected quarters 2010 and 2011 (1)
Business Processes	Total			Main			Secondary
Business Processes	I 2010	IV 2010 (r)	I 2011 (p)	I 2010	IV 2010 (r)	I 2011 (p)	I 2010	IV 2010 (r)	I 2011 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	1,324	1,120	1,030	1,024	864	768	300	256	262
Strategic management	14	16	19	-	-	-	14	16	19
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	125	90	90	16	6	8	109	84	82
Operations	965	823	724	935	805	680	30	18	44
Product development	39	59	65	3	5	24	36	54	41
Marketing, sales, and account management	78	58	43	28	10	12	50	48	31
Customer and after-sales service	103	74	89	42	38	44	61	36	45
Support Processes	379	212	241	41	20	22	338	192	219
General management and firm infrastructure	246	147	169	34	13	16	212	134	153
Human resources management	92	47	49	4	3	3	88	44	46
Technology and process development	41	18	23	3	4	3	38	14	20
Business Function not provided (2)	10	8	7	10	8	7	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	673	632	474	550	491	379	123	141	95
Strategic management	4	9	7	-	-	-	4	9	7
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	69	57	42	4	-	3	65	57	39
Operations	544	481	369	538	478	357	6	3	12
Product development	23	37	32	2	2	10	21	35	22
Marketing, sales, and account management	18	23	8	3	1	1	15	22	7
Customer and after-sales service	15	25	16	3	10	8	12	15	8
Support Processes	166	101	102	7	8	4	159	93	98
General management and firm infrastructure	103	70	62	7	5	3	96	65	59
Human resources management	41	20	26	-	-	-	41	20	26
Technology and process development	22	11	14	-	3	1	22	8	13
Business Function not provided (2)	4	2	3	4	2	3	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	651	488	556	474	373	389	177	115	167
Strategic management	10	7	12	-	-	-	10	7	12
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	56	33	48	12	6	5	44	27	43
Operations	421	342	355	397	327	323	24	15	32
Product development	16	22	33	1	3	14	15	19	19
Marketing, sales, and account management	60	35	35	25	9	11	35	26	24
Customer and after-sales service	88	49	73	39	28	36	49	21	37
Support Processes	213	111	139	34	12	18	179	99	121
General management and firm infrastructure	143	77	107	27	8	13	116	69	94
Human resources management	51	27	23	4	3	3	47	24	20
Technology and process development	19	7	9	3	1	2	16	6	7
Business Function not provided (2)	6	6	4	6	6	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. (r) = revised. (p) = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

Last Modified Date: June 1, 2011