Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

right-shore

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: right-shore
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To move (a part of a business) overseas while retaining other portions of the business locally in order to maximise efficiency and profits.

Example Sentences

"Even EDS, which had a sizeable representation in Adelaide under the former government (having won a contract to handle all government ICT outsourcing), has now 'right-shored' its South Australian operations to a significant extent, after the current state government's change of its outsourcing policy to one in which government ICT activities are outsource predominantly to interstate and offshore companies."
"Thanks to technology, organizations are able to outsource, 'off-shore' or 'right-shore' key parts of their operations which they believe can be done more cheaply and effectively elsewhere."
"The objective should be to 'right-shore', that is, integrate the domestic, near-shore and off-shore processes so that logistics can operate within one plan for all the supply chains."

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 ).

Inflected Forms

right-shores (present, singular) right-shoring (participle, present) right-shored (participle, past) right-shored (past)

Questions

What does right-shore mean?: To move (a part of a business) overseas while retaining other portions of the business locally in order to maximise efficiency and profits.
Where does right-shore come from?: From Rightshore®, a term trademarked by the company Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, with a filing date of May 27, 2003; ( Blend of right + offshore ).

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