Outsourcing & offshoring

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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adjusted gross income

Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)

The amount of income considered actually "available" to be taxed. Adjusted gross income is gross income reduced principally by business expenses incurred to earn the income and ...

procurement outsourcing (PO)

Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)

A form of outsourcing that involves the transfer of procurement-related tasks and processes to a service provider.

back-office

Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)

Collective term for tasks performed in running a company; this includes technical support, customer service, human resources, etc.

keyword stuffing

Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)

Keyword stuffing refers to the practice of adding superfluous keywords to a web page. The words are added for the 'benefit' of search engines and not human visitors. The words ...

best practice

Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)

A technique or methodology that, through experience and research, has proven to reliably lead to a desired result.

year to date (YTD)

Outsourcing & offshoring; Business process outsourcing (BPO)

Selected dollar and hour balances computed since the start of the calendar year or since start-up of the balance, whichever is most recent, (e.g., withholding covered gross YTD). ...