outsourceable
Can contract out
Outsourceable describes work, tasks, or functions that can be delegated to external providers rather than handled internally.
The term usually applies to business operations: Customer service is easily outsourceable, Which parts of production are outsourceable?
What's outsourceable depends on cost, complexity, and how central the work is to an organization's identity.
Self-employed project work
- contractorHired construction professional
- vendorOne who sells goods
- consultantProfessional advice provider
- third-partyExternal, uninvolved entity
gig · temporary · part-time · remote · telecommuting · virtual · crowdsourcing · specialist
Able to be allocated
- transferableAble to be passed along
- subcontractableAble to be outsourced
- allocatableAble to be assigned
- reassignableAble to be reallocated
dispensable · commissionable · relocatable · shiftable · contractable · exportable · movable · portable
Moving work overseas
- nearshoringRelocating work to neighboring countries
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
- overseasIn foreign countries
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
multinational · foreign · transnational · globalization · time-zone · multilingual · distributed · India
Located directly above
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- leanLacking fat; incline
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
bidding · procurement · benchmarking · budget · pricing · margins · arbitrage · cost-benefit
Able to increase capacity
- standardizedMade uniform across cases
- repeatableCan be duplicated
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
documented · measurable · automatable · replicable · templated · procedural · transactional · rule-based
freelance
Self-employed project work
- contractorHired construction professional
- vendorOne who sells goods
- consultantProfessional advice provider
third-party · gig · temporary · part-time · remote · telecommuting · virtual · crowdsourcing · specialist · agency
assignable
Able to be allocated
- transferableAble to be passed along
- subcontractableAble to be outsourced
- allocatableAble to be assigned
reassignable · dispensable · commissionable · relocatable · shiftable · contractable · exportable · movable · portable · detachable
offshoring
Moving work overseas
- nearshoringRelocating work to neighboring countries
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
- overseasIn foreign countries
international · multinational · foreign · transnational · globalization · time-zone · multilingual · distributed · India · Philippines
overhead
Located directly above
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- leanLacking fat; incline
competitive · bidding · procurement · benchmarking · budget · pricing · margins · arbitrage · cost-benefit · ROI
scalable
Able to increase capacity
- standardizedMade uniform across cases
- repeatableCan be duplicated
- routineRegular sequence of actions
systematic · documented · measurable · automatable · replicable · templated · procedural · transactional · rule-based · streamlined
outsourceablecore
Central essential portion
mission-critical · strategic · essential · foundational · central
outsource, outsourced, outsourcing, outsources, source, sources, sourced, sourcing