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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	II 2011	I 2011 (r)	II 2012 (p)	I 2011	IV 2011 (r)	I 2012 (p)	I 2011	IV 2011 (r)	I 2012 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	996	1,005	865	745	736	651	251	269	214
Strategic management	15	23	14	-	-	-	15	23	14
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	75	78	51	6	6	7	69	72	44
Operations	705	707	627	663	666	581	42	41	46
Product development	57	64	49	11	14	14	46	50	35
Marketing, sales, and account management	43	55	35	11	18	6	32	37	29
Customer and after-sales service	101	78	89	54	32	43	47	46	46
Support Processes	227	217	197	32	22	23	195	195	174
General management and firm infrastructure	161	150	129	19	12	16	142	138	113
Human resources management	36	40	45	11	6	6	25	34	39
Technology and process development	30	27	23	2	4	1	28	23	22
Business Function not provided (2)	7	7	3	7	7	3	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	453	441	359	360	315	287	93	126	72
Strategic management	5	12	5	-	-	-	5	12	5
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	39	45	28	2	2	3	37	43	25
Operations	353	314	281	345	305	272	8	9	9
Product development	30	39	24	3	7	6	27	32	18
Marketing, sales, and account management	9	18	9	-	-	2	9	18	7
Customer and after-sales service	17	13	12	10	1	4	7	12	8
Support Processes	81	82	66	7	4	4	74	78	62
General management and firm infrastructure	57	55	45	6	1	4	51	54	41
Human resources management	7	13	8	1	1	-	6	12	8
Technology and process development	17	14	13	-	2	-	17	12	13
Business Function not provided (2)	2	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	543	562	504	385	419	362	158	143	142
Strategic management	10	11	9	-	-	-	10	11	9
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	36	33	23	4	4	4	32	29	19
Operations	352	392	344	318	360	307	34	32	37
Product development	27	25	25	8	7	8	19	18	17
Marketing, sales, and account management	34	36	26	11	17	4	23	19	22
Customer and after-sales service	84	65	77	44	31	39	40	34	38
Support Processes	146	135	131	25	18	19	121	117	112
General management and firm infrastructure	104	95	84	13	11	12	91	84	72
Human resources management	29	27	37	10	5	6	19	22	31
Technology and process development	13	13	10	2	2	1	11	11	9
Business Function not provided (2)	5	6	3	5	6	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. (p) = preliminary. (r) = revised.
NOTE: Dash represents zero. Data may not add to total private nonfarm because of industry nonreporting.