sourcing

▪ I. sourcing sourc‧ing [ˈsɔːsɪŋ ǁ ˈsɔːr-] noun [uncountable]

MANUFACTURING the job or activity of getting supplies of goods, especially ones that are used to make other goods:

• The company is stepping up its sourcing of components from India for its global operations.

ˌdual ˈsourcing MANUFACTURING

when a company has two supplier S for the same product so as to be sure that the product will always be available and to be able to compare the suppliers' prices etc

ˌsingle ˈsourcing

1. MANUFACTURING when a company has only one supplier for a particular product

2. COMPUTING the use of material that is contained in one file in different documents of many different types:

• You can use single sourcing to reuse content in different media without rewriting.

  [m0] ▪ II. source source ² verb [transitive]

if a company sources materials, parts etc from a particular place, it obtains them from there:

• Components will be sourced from Polish producers.

— see also outsource

— sourcing noun [uncountable] :

• Local sourcing would be cheaper than importing parts.

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sourcing UK US /ˈsɔːsɪŋ/ noun [U] PRODUCTION

► the act of getting something, especially products or materials, from a particular place: sourcing of sth »

Last year, the company centralized its sourcing of raw materials.

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Product sourcing is highly selective.

→ See also DUAL SOURCING(Cf. ↑dual sourcing), SINGLE SOURCING(Cf. ↑single sourcing)