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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	II 2010	I 2011 (r)	II 2011 (p)	II 2010	I 2011 (r)	II 2011 (p)	II 2010	I 2011 (r)	II 2011 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	1,092	1,079	933	877	807	695	215	272	238
Strategic management	13	20	14	-	-	-	13	20	14
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	84	93	72	12	9	6	72	84	66
Operations	822	739	664	804	692	625	18	47	39
Product development	31	67	53	1	24	9	30	43	44
Marketing, sales, and account management	58	46	42	21	13	13	37	33	29
Customer and after-sales service	84	114	88	39	69	42	45	45	46
Support Processes	292	256	218	29	27	29	263	229	189
General management and firm infrastructure	203	181	153	24	21	16	179	160	137
Human resources management	59	51	37	4	3	11	55	48	26
Technology and process development	30	24	28	1	3	2	29	21	26
Business Function not provided (2)	9	7	6	9	7	6	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	529	492	434	447	392	341	82	100	93
Strategic management	5	7	5	-	-	-	5	7	5
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	44	44	39	6	3	3	38	41	36
Operations	443	378	335	439	365	328	4	13	7
Product development	16	33	29	-	10	2	16	23	27
Marketing, sales, and account management	13	8	10	1	1	-	12	7	10
Customer and after-sales service	8	22	16	1	13	8	7	9	8
Support Processes	124	105	76	8	5	7	116	100	69
General management and firm infrastructure	84	65	51	7	4	6	77	61	45
Human resources management	23	26	7	-	-	1	23	26	6
Technology and process development	17	14	18	1	1	-	16	13	18
Business Function not provided (2)	1	4	1	1	4	1	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	563	587	499	430	415	354	133	172	145
Strategic management	8	13	9	-	-	-	8	13	9
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	40	49	33	6	6	3	34	43	30
Operations	379	361	329	365	327	297	14	34	32
Product development	15	34	24	1	14	7	14	20	17
Marketing, sales, and account management	45	38	32	20	12	13	25	26	19
Customer and after-sales service	76	92	72	38	56	34	38	36	38
Support Processes	168	151	142	21	22	22	147	129	120
General management and firm infrastructure	119	116	102	17	17	10	102	99	92
Human resources management	36	25	30	4	3	10	32	22	20
Technology and process development	13	10	10	-	2	2	13	8	8
Business Function not provided (2)	8	3	5	8	3	5	-	-	-
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: August 17, 2011