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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	IV 2010	III 2011 (r)	IV 2011 (p)	IV 2010	III 2011 (r)	IV 2011 (p)	IV 2010	III 2011 (r)	IV 2011 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	1,120	1,061	879	864	827	695	256	234	184
Strategic management	16	10	11	-	-	1	16	10	10
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	90	75	53	6	11	2	84	64	51
Operations	823	809	695	805	768	659	18	41	36
Product development	59	59	45	5	12	11	54	47	34
Marketing, sales, and account management	58	48	33	10	13	8	48	35	25
Customer and after-sales service	74	60	42	38	23	14	36	37	28
Support Processes	212	232	188	20	28	27	192	204	161
General management and firm infrastructure	147	159	128	13	11	11	134	148	117
Human resources management	47	50	44	3	15	15	44	35	29
Technology and process development	18	23	16	4	2	1	14	21	15
Business Function not provided (2)	8	8	5	8	8	5	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	632	452	440	491	348	348	141	104	92
Strategic management	9	7	6	-	-	-	9	7	6
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	57	42	34	-	1	1	57	41	33
Operations	481	337	347	478	328	338	3	9	9
Product development	37	30	29	2	8	6	35	22	23
Marketing, sales, and account management	23	21	14	1	4	3	22	17	11
Customer and after-sales service	25	15	10	10	7	-	15	8	10
Support Processes	101	82	70	8	2	6	93	80	64
General management and firm infrastructure	70	60	50	5	2	5	65	58	45
Human resources management	20	13	10	-	-	-	20	13	10
Technology and process development	11	9	10	3	-	1	8	9	9
Business Function not provided (2)	2	1	2	2	1	2	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	488	609	439	373	479	347	115	130	92
Strategic management	7	3	5	-	-	1	7	3	4
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	33	33	19	6	10	1	27	23	18
Operations	342	472	348	327	440	321	15	32	27
Product development	22	29	16	3	4	5	19	25	11
Marketing, sales, and account management	35	27	19	9	9	5	26	18	14
Customer and after-sales service	49	45	32	28	16	14	21	29	18
Support Processes	111	150	118	12	26	21	99	124	97
General management and firm infrastructure	77	99	78	8	9	6	69	90	72
Human resources management	27	37	34	3	15	15	24	22	19
Technology and process development	7	14	6	1	2	-	6	12	6
Business Function not provided (2)	6	7	3	6	7	3	-	-	-
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: March 7, 2012