outsourced
Hired outside help
Outsourced describes work or services contracted to an external company rather than handled internally.
A business might have outsourced its customer service to a call center abroad, or outsourced payroll to a specialist firm.
The term often carries connotations of cost-cutting and, when jobs move overseas, displaced workers: My position was outsourced to India.
Reduced in size
- subcontractedHired third party
- commissionedFormally assigned a task
- assignedGiven as duty
- entrustedGave into another's care
transferred · delegated · allocated · consigned · offloaded · reassigned · dispatched · third-party
In foreign countries
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
- transnationalCrossing country lines
foreign · offshore · nearshore · onshore · India · Philippines · China · globalized
Hired construction professional
- freelancerSelf-employed service provider
- vendorOne who sells goods
- supplierSource of goods
- consultantProfessional advice provider
agency · staffing · temporary · manpower · talent · workforce · specialist · expert
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- automationSelf-operating system design
- productivityOutput relative to input
specialization · workflow · turnaround · capacity · throughput · expertise · standardization · performance
Plan for spending
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- economiesSystems of production and trade
- profitabilityCapacity to generate gain
cutbacks · downsizing · restructuring · lean · cost-effective · fiscal · austerity
Existing in effect, not fact
- distributedDivided and given out
- cloud-basedStored on remote servers
- digitalOf discrete data
- telecommutingEmployment from afar
online · off-site · asynchronous · telepresence · connectivity · timezone
contracted
Reduced in size
- subcontractedHired third party
- commissionedFormally assigned a task
- assignedGiven as duty
entrusted · transferred · delegated · allocated · consigned · offloaded · reassigned · dispatched · third-party
overseas
In foreign countries
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
transnational · foreign · offshore · nearshore · onshore · India · Philippines · China · globalized · export
contractor
Hired construction professional
- freelancerSelf-employed service provider
- vendorOne who sells goods
- supplierSource of goods
consultant · agency · staffing · temporary · manpower · talent · workforce · specialist · expert · project-based
streamlining
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- scalabilityCapacity for growth
- automationSelf-operating system design
productivity · specialization · workflow · turnaround · capacity · throughput · expertise · standardization · performance
budget
Plan for spending
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- economiesSystems of production and trade
profitability · cutbacks · downsizing · restructuring · lean · cost-effective · fiscal · austerity
virtual
Existing in effect, not fact
- distributedDivided and given out
- cloud-basedStored on remote servers
- digitalOf discrete data
telecommuting · online · off-site · asynchronous · telepresence · connectivity · timezone
- business adjectivescommercial, corporate, economic, financial, fiscal
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- organizational structureorg chart, hierarchy, chain of command, divisional, functional
- Production Methodsmass production, handmade, artisanal, batch production, assembly line
outsourcedin-house
Within the organization
insourced · internal · homegrown · proprietary · captive
outsourcedreshored
Returned jobs domestically
onshored · domestic · onshore · local · locally sourced
outsourcedinternalized
Adopted into one's mindset
retained · centralized · consolidated · owned · controlled
- outsourced supportAssistance provided by external vendors
outsource, outsourcing, outsources, outsourcer, outsourcers, outsourcings