insourcing
- noun
- /ˈɪnˌsɔːrsɪŋ/
- Specialized
- Whether you call it reshoring, on-shoring, near-shoring, or insourcing, the main idea is that companies source things close to their markets.
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And we want you to start using "insourcing" in all your campaign speeches.
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While the president has been urging "insourcing," the government has been sending money to the Philippines to train foreign workers for jobs in English-speaking call centers.
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We call the concept "insourcing."
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We've already lost most of our work thanks to Obama's insourcing push.
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This also includes human labor, which deprives our citizens of jobs through outsourcing and insourcing.
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We won't be getting the cut in taxes and the regulations that would spur on the massive insourcing, which would cause competition for employment and wage increases.
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Rather than choosing sides and arguing our way to the middle, we found ourselves agreeing that a broad set of choices between pure insourcing and pure outsourcing is more likely to match the specific needs of each organization.
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To improve efficiency, the company adopted insourcing to utilize its own skilled workers instead of hiring freelancers.
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The trend of insourcing has led to the creation of more jobs within the community as businesses bring work back in-house.
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Many firms are considering insourcing as a way to cut costs and boost employment by leveraging existing staff.
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Etymology
Insourcing comes from the part in- meaning 'in' or 'inside' and the root source meaning 'the place where something comes from'. Think of it as the opposite of outsourcing: it means bringing work back 'inside' the company so your own people do the job.