job out.

i also remember outsourcing being locally referred to as "job-outs." while it is an affectation and may not necessarily be apt in defining outsourcing in the strictest sense, the term often meant having an outside company, or a subcontractor handle the manufacture or facility of the product and service.

is outsourcing comparable to companies hiring out certain workloads to other companies who specialize in accomplishing these loads? here in cebu, most companies hire out for their janitorial services, as well as messengerial, or courier services. would this be an equivalent? what the difference between outsourcing your need for such services, and say, courier services? there's a company called safefreight that does the billing sendouts of local companies to their clients and subscribers. utilities and credit companies employ their services, mostly. when i worked with a local sports club, we'd get them to send out our members' billing every month.

or, does geography have to play a big part in the definition? the first time i heard of outsourcing was when i worked for cannoncreek. a little later, call centers started popping around in and around the metropolis. soon, website design was being outsourced. in fact, i work at a company that provides such outsourcing services.

i realize that one must be knowledgeable of the field that he or she is working in, so the need to define outsourcing beyond what it connotes, i.e., call centers and website design companies. i'll work on answering my own question soon. for now, sleep beckons and i must not deny her satisfaction.