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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	IV 2011	III 2011 (r)	IV 2012 (p)	IV 2011	III 2011 (r)	IV 2012 (p)	IV 2011	III 2011 (r)	IV 2012 (p)
Total, private nonfarm
Core Processes	1,017	865	1,021	801	667	735	216	198	286
Strategic management	15	18	23	1	2	1	14	16	22
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	63	50	102	2	5	6	61	45	96
Operations	797	653	709	758	611	657	39	42	52
Product development	53	53	70	13	17	21	40	36	49
Marketing, sales, and account management	41	31	54	11	10	17	30	21	37
Customer and after-sales service	48	60	63	16	22	33	32	38	30
Support Processes	208	181	208	31	23	14	177	158	194
General management and firm infrastructure	140	117	132	13	19	9	127	98	123
Human resources management	50	40	49	17	2	3	33	38	46
Technology and process development	18	24	27	1	2	2	17	22	25
Business Function not provided (2)	7	4	3	7	4	3	-	-	-
Goods-producing industries
Core Processes	510	376	513	394	289	363	116	87	150
Strategic management	10	7	13	-	-	-	10	7	13
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	41	29	67	1	-	2	40	29	65
Operations	389	284	353	379	271	341	10	13	12
Product development	36	31	44	8	12	15	28	19	29
Marketing, sales, and account management	20	11	20	5	3	2	15	8	18
Customer and after-sales service	14	14	16	1	3	3	13	11	13
Support Processes	80	79	112	6	9	4	74	70	108
General management and firm infrastructure	56	52	70	5	7	2	51	45	68
Human resources management	13	17	25	-	-	1	13	17	24
Technology and process development	11	10	17	1	2	1	10	8	16
Business Function not provided (2)	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
Service-providing industries
Core Processes	506	488	506	406	377	370	100	111	136
Strategic management	5	11	10	1	2	1	4	9	9
Procurement, logistics, and distribution	22	21	35	1	5	4	21	16	31
Operations	407	368	354	378	339	314	29	29	40
Product development	17	22	26	5	5	6	12	17	20
Marketing, sales, and account management	21	20	34	6	7	15	15	13	19
Customer and after-sales service	34	46	47	15	19	30	19	27	17
Support Processes	128	102	96	25	14	10	103	88	86
General management and firm infrastructure	84	65	62	8	12	7	76	53	55
Human resources management	37	23	24	17	2	2	20	21	22
Technology and process development	7	14	10	-	-	1	7	14	9
Business Function not provided (2)	6	4	2	6	4	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.