To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of an entire business function to a third-party service provider
They decided to outsource the design and manufacture of the system to a vendor.
To utilize a third-party provider to provide services previously performed in-house
To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of an entire business function to a third party service provider
obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out; "Many companies outsource and hire consultants rather in order to maintain a flexible workforce
If a company outsources work or things, it pays workers from outside the company to do the work or supply the things. Increasingly, corporate clients are seeking to outsource the management of their facilities. + outsourcing out·sourc·ing The difficulties of outsourcing have been compounded by the increasing resistance of trade unions
transfer an activity that was previously performed by an organisation's employees to outside CONTRACTORS that used to call 'scabs' (Added March 1998)
To hire a consultant or outside firm to deliver all or a portion of the services normally provided by an internal group
use external expertise and skills for specific tasks as required and when it is feasible to do so
The process of providing contracts to outside vendors to operate and support the information and telecommunications systems of a firm (See 211)
{f} turn to outside suppliers or manufacturers; contract workers from outside of a company to perform specific tasks instead of using company employees (Economics)