Definition of homeshoring in English:
homeshoring
(also homesourcing)
nounˈhəʊmʃɔːrɪŋˈhōmSHôriNG
mass nounThe practice of transferring employment that was previously carried out in a company's office or factory to employees' homes.
Example sentencesExamples
- How can you simultaneously defend the practice of offshore outsourcing but still celebrate homeshoring?
- Since telecommuters cost companies less than office workers, "homesourcing" offers an alternative to offshore outsourcing.
- Here's a link to a press release from Housteau, a firm dealing with homeshoring, opening up a new development center in Columbus.
- The popular word these days is homeshoring.
- Just ahead in our company's future is home sourcing.
- The botched experiment led the company to the notion of "homeshoring centers" in the United States that nonetheless offer low costs to customers.
- Another story takes a longer look at one homeshoring firm, Decisions Design.
- Following the "homeshoring" meme, there are lots of reports this month about American firms souring on offshore outsourcing and reverting to onshore outsourcing instead.
- This would be consistent with the homeshoring phenomenon of tech sectors doing well in lower-wage areas outside of Silicon Valley.
Origin
Early 21st century: on the pattern of offshoring.