right-shoring

See also: rightshoring

English

Etymology

From Rightshore®, a term trademarked by the company Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, with a filing date of May 27, 2003; Blend of right +‎ offshore +‎ -ing.

Verb

right-shoring

1. present participle and gerund of right-shore

Noun

right-shoring (uncountable)

1. (business) Restructuring a company to achieve an optimal balance of operations performed locally and operations moved to foreign countries.
   • 2012, Joel D. Wisner, Keah-Choon Tan, G. Keong Leong, Principles of Supply Chain Management: A Balanced Approach, →ISBN:

     Right-shoring is the combination of onshore, near-shore and far-shore operations into a single, flexible, low-cost approach to supply chain management.

   • 2014, Rex Black, Advanced Software Testing - Vol. 2, 2nd Edition, →ISBN:

     Right-shoring addresses the perceived skills issues that can exist in rapidly growing, emerging high-tech economies, particularly in terms of the ratio of senior to junior people.

   • 2016, Raghu Korrapati, 108 Best Practices to Build Sustainable Strategic Outsourcing Partnerships, →ISBN:

     Right-shoring does not require a company to move business processes overseas.