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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	III 2011	II 2011 (r)	III 2012 (p)	III 2011	II 2011 (r)	III 2012 (p)	III 2011	II 2011 (r)	III 2012 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	1,061	1,100	711	827	867	541	234	233	170
Strategic management	10	17	14	-	-	2	10	17	12
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	75	59	42	11	8	3	64	51	39
Operations	809	839	528	768	798	489	41	41	39
Product development	59	48	45	12	11	16	47	37	29
Marketing, sales, and account management	48	44	26	13	8	10	35	36	16
Customer and after-sales service	60	93	56	23	42	21	37	51	35
Support Processes	232	231	155	28	24	19	204	207	136
General management and firm infrastructure	159	154	99	11	17	15	148	137	84
Human resources management	50	52	36	15	5	2	35	47	34
Technology and process development	23	25	20	2	2	2	21	23	18
Business Function not provided (2)	8	7	2	8	7	2	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	452	416	323	348	335	249	104	81	74
Strategic management	7	5	6	-	-	-	7	5	6
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	42	31	25	1	3	-	41	28	25
Operations	337	329	244	328	321	232	9	8	12
Product development	30	26	26	8	5	11	22	21	15
Marketing, sales, and account management	21	12	8	4	2	3	17	10	5
Customer and after-sales service	15	13	14	7	4	3	8	9	11
Support Processes	82	80	68	2	4	8	80	76	60
General management and firm infrastructure	60	54	46	2	4	6	58	50	40
Human resources management	13	12	14	-	-	-	13	12	14
Technology and process development	9	14	8	-	-	2	9	14	6
Business Function not provided (2)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	609	681	388	479	529	292	130	152	96
Strategic management	3	12	8	-	-	2	3	12	6
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	33	28	17	10	5	3	23	23	14
Operations	472	507	284	440	474	257	32	33	27
Product development	29	22	19	4	6	5	25	16	14
Marketing, sales, and account management	27	32	18	9	6	7	18	26	11
Customer and after-sales service	45	80	42	16	38	18	29	42	24
Support Processes	150	151	87	26	20	11	124	131	76
General management and firm infrastructure	99	100	53	9	13	9	90	87	44
Human resources management	37	40	22	15	5	2	22	35	20
Technology and process development	14	11	12	2	2	-	12	9	12
Business Function not provided (2)	7	7	2	7	7	2	-	-	-
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.