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Number of business processes affected in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, selected quarters 2011 and 2012

Table 3. Number of business processes affected in nonseasonal extended mass layoffs, selected quarters 2011 and 2012 (1)
Business Processes	Total			Main			Secondary
Business Processes	I 2011	IV 2011 (r)	I 2012 (p)	I 2011	IV 2011 (r)	I 2012 (p)	I 2011	IV 2011 (r)	I 2012 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	1,079	1,020	843	807	802	607	272	218	236
Strategic management	20	16	17	-	1	-	20	15	17
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	93	63	67	9	2	5	84	61	62
Operations	739	798	592	692	759	553	47	39	39
Product development	67	54	59	24	13	13	43	41	46
Marketing, sales, and account management	46	41	46	13	11	15	33	30	31
Customer and after-sales service	114	48	62	69	16	21	45	32	41
Support Processes	256	211	183	27	31	18	229	180	165
General management and firm infrastructure	181	141	122	21	13	9	160	128	113
Human resources management	51	51	34	3	17	5	48	34	29
Technology and process development	24	19	27	3	1	4	21	18	23
Business Function not provided (2)	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	492	510	375	392	394	266	100	116	109
Strategic management	7	10	8	-	-	-	7	10	8
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	44	41	39	3	1	1	41	40	38
Operations	378	389	265	365	379	258	13	10	7
Product development	33	36	37	10	8	7	23	28	30
Marketing, sales, and account management	8	20	16	1	5	-	7	15	16
Customer and after-sales service	22	14	10	13	1	-	9	13	10
Support Processes	105	80	68	5	6	3	100	74	65
General management and firm infrastructure	65	56	44	4	5	1	61	51	43
Human resources management	26	13	11	-	-	-	26	13	11
Technology and process development	14	11	13	1	1	2	13	10	11
Business Function not provided (2)	4	1	1	4	1	1	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	587	509	465	415	407	338	172	102	127
Strategic management	13	6	9	-	1	-	13	5	9
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	49	22	28	6	1	4	43	21	24
Operations	361	408	324	327	379	292	34	29	32
Product development	34	18	22	14	5	6	20	13	16
Marketing, sales, and account management	38	21	30	12	6	15	26	15	15
Customer and after-sales service	92	34	52	56	15	21	36	19	31
Support Processes	151	131	113	22	25	15	129	106	98
General management and firm infrastructure	116	85	77	17	8	8	99	77	69
Human resources management	25	38	22	3	17	5	22	21	17
Technology and process development	10	8	14	2	-	2	8	8	12
Business Function not provided (2)	3	6	6	3	6	6	-	-	-
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. Data may not add to total private nonfarm because of industry nonreporting.