outsource 1979

NEC to Outsource More Chips

NEC will likely outsource more production of chips as a way to ensure against a sudden drop in demand.

Sharp Focuses on Manufacturing

Sharp is building a $9 billion factory complex to make LCD panels and solar panels, and in doing so, the company is betting that keeping manufacturing in-house will give it a big competitive advantage.

Can Outsourcing Save Sony?
BusinessWeek - USA
By Kenji Hall Outsourcing isn't a word that executives in Japan like to toss around. Japan Inc. prefers to tie its fortunes to state-of-the-art factories ...


Mobile phone giant Vodafone Essar will outsource its entire IT operations to IBM India in a bid to cut costs and develop its business in India, ..

....... 學校有學生跳樓這不是第一次，平日校方極力防備而不可能完全防備。這回校長在公開信中寫，「伸出手求援的是有毅力的人，伸出手救援的人是有福賜的人。」在 鼓勵個人自救和社會互動上是誠懇的。可是一年多前，校內有關精神福利的部門才給「out source」了校外的心理管理公司，原本由自校督導的工作，現在拿出去給跨業公司處理，倒是把「福賜」讓給了別人。不過，信中也說，「自殺帶來的痛苦， 部分來自無法找出它的明確原因。」到底是學校，不會像媒體那樣，至今還是簡單又泛道德的稱之為「厭世」或「輕生」......

飼虎 聯合報╱李渝】 2007.12.21

outsource 1979
verb [I or T] 委外 外包
If a company outsources, it pays to have part of its work done by another company:
Unions are fighting a plan by universities to outsource all non-academic services.
Some companies outsource to cheaper locations to cut costs.
outsourcing Show phonetics
noun [U]
The management guaranteed that outsourcing wouldn't mean job losses.

委外或稱外包（英語：outsourcing）為於1980年代流行起來的商業用語，是商業活動決策之一，指將承包合約之一部或甚至全部，委託或發交給承包合約當事人以外的第三人，以節省成本、或集中精力於核心業務、或善用資源、或為獲得獨立及專業人士的專業服務等。外包和離岸委外經常被混用，委外的承包合約當事人主要是借用第三方的時間、人力資源、及核心業務能力或資源，以完成特定的製程、或商業流程；選用的第三方以國境內，易於掌握及監督其工作方式及工作進度為主。而離岸外包是指國土以外，能自行治理，完成特定的企業主要活動；換言之，其承包之第三方為國外公司，能獨力完成製造加工、行銷、銷售、客戶服務，或主要之支援服務例如產品開發為主。

in-house
adjective, adverb
Something that is done in-house is done within an organization or business by its employees rather than by other people:
an in-house training scheme
All our advertising material is designed in-house.