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Outsourcing & offshoring
The process of contracting a business function to a third party, or to a supplier outside the home nation of the original business.
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short-term staff leasing
Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)
An outsourcing agreement designed for clients who only need at least one full-time employee to take on a small project for a short period of time.
reliability
Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)
The extent to which a process is repeatable or obtaining the same results each time the same process or procedure is used. Reliability is required to have validity, but is not ...
metric
Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)
The measurement of a particular characteristic of a program's performance or efficiency.
integrated development environment
Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)
A programming environment that has been packaged as an application program, typically consisting of a code editor, a compiler, a debugger, and a GUI builder.
data processing
Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)
An outsourcing discipline that involves entry, manipulation or encoding of data into the system or database of the client.
perquisite
Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)
Additional non-salary compensation for an employee. Given a dollar value for benefits calculations, (e.g., room, board).
outsourcing
Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)
Outsourcing a product or a service, means that the firm does not produce it itself. The firm is assisted by an external firm or service to provide the product or the service. The ...
