insourcev.
/ˈɪnsɔːs/, U.S. /ˈɪnˌsɔrs/ Business.
transitive. To obtain (goods or services) in-house; to contract (work) to one's own employees. Also intransitive.
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1983 Fortune 7 Mar. 110/2 The auto companies have also been ‘in-sourcing’, taking back work they formerly handed out to suppliers.
1983 Fortune 7 Mar. 110/2 Ford is in-sourcing more of its truck rear axles, along with new electronic engine control modules, digital clocks, and radiators.
1996 Economist 2 Mar. 76/2 Employment guarantees are not the only reason to insource, and car makers are not the only companies doing it.
2003 A. Bounfour Managem. of Intangibles i. 21 A third approach consists in focusing the analysis on the services activities (whatever their level of complexity) whether they are insourced or outsourced.
Derivatives
ˈinsourced adj.
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1988 Automotive News (Nexis) 18 July e32 Insourced items can include things like radar-controlled active suspension systems, anti-lock braking systems, air-bag systems and head-up displays.
2001 G. St. Clair in A. Scammell Handbk. Information Managem. ii. 52 The recently recognised concept of the insourced information specialist is now almost expected in some organisations.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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