Nearshoring is a term used to refer the transfer of businesses or IT processes to a foreign, lower-wage country that is geographically close to the country that is transferring the services. Often the two countries share a border. Nearshoring is a derivative of the term offshoring. It means that a business has shifted work to a lower cost organization within its region. The person or company who conducts nearshoring expects to benefit from sourcing to a nearer location. Proximity in relation to geography, time zone, culture, linguistics, economy, political, or historical linkages are all considered in nearshoring. The service or work that is sourced may be a business process or software development. Nearshore outsourcing is not identical to nearshoring because many cases of nearshoring remain in the same organization and therefore are not outsourced. (Από
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Near-sourcing is a term used to describe a business strategically placing some of all of its operations close to where its end-products are sold. Typically, the term is contrasted with and used to highlight the reversal of the trend to outsource low-wage manufacturing operations to developing nations. In cases of near-sourcing, the business firm is often responding to rising costs in supply chains as well as rising costs associated with sourcing labor in developing nations. Aside from mitigating the uncertainty of rising costs associated with outsourcing to offshore locations, there are some other advantages associated with the economic trend. Those include cultural barriers, proximity, time-zone constraints and skill surplus where available. (...) (Από
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Στην θεωρία φαίνονται να διαφέρουν, στην πράξη όχι. Ή τουλάχιστον έτσι μου φαίνεται εμένα.
Και μιας και πιάσαμε τα -sourcing, το
insourcing το λέμε ενδοπορισμό, ή έχει άλλη απόδοση;
Έντιτ: Με πρόλαβαν...