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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	III 2010	II 2011 (r)	III 2011 (p)	III 2010	II 2011 (r)	III 2011 (p)	III 2010	II 2011 (r)	III 2011 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	907	996	950	693	745	742	214	251	208
Strategic management	11	15	7	-	-	-	11	15	7
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	84	75	71	9	6	11	75	69	60
Operations	631	705	728	608	663	690	23	42	38
Product development	42	57	57	6	11	12	36	46	45
Marketing, sales, and account management	44	43	37	9	11	10	35	32	27
Customer and after-sales service	95	101	50	61	54	19	34	47	31
Support Processes	220	227	206	25	32	29	195	195	177
General management and firm infrastructure	155	161	140	21	19	11	134	142	129
Human resources management	45	36	46	2	11	15	43	25	31
Technology and process development	20	30	20	2	2	3	18	28	17
Business Function not provided (2)	3	7	5	3	7	5	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	436	453	411	343	360	315	93	93	96
Strategic management	5	5	6	-	-	-	5	5	6
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	44	39	40	5	2	1	39	37	39
Operations	325	353	305	318	345	296	7	8	9
Product development	25	30	30	3	3	8	22	27	22
Marketing, sales, and account management	13	9	16	1	-	3	12	9	13
Customer and after-sales service	24	17	14	16	10	7	8	7	7
Support Processes	101	81	72	7	7	2	94	74	70
General management and firm infrastructure	68	57	53	6	6	2	62	51	51
Human resources management	22	7	12	-	1	-	22	6	12
Technology and process development	11	17	7	1	-	-	10	17	7
Business Function not provided (2)	1	2	-	1	2	-	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	471	543	539	350	385	427	121	158	112
Strategic management	6	10	1	-	-	-	6	10	1
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	40	36	31	4	4	10	36	32	21
Operations	306	352	423	290	318	394	16	34	29
Product development	17	27	27	3	8	4	14	19	23
Marketing, sales, and account management	31	34	21	8	11	7	23	23	14
Customer and after-sales service	71	84	36	45	44	12	26	40	24
Support Processes	119	146	134	18	25	27	101	121	107
General management and firm infrastructure	87	104	87	15	13	9	72	91	78
Human resources management	23	29	34	2	10	15	21	19	19
Technology and process development	9	13	13	1	2	3	8	11	10
Business Function not provided (2)	2	5	5	2	5	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: November 15, 2011