Sourcing is when a company always chooses the most favorable forms of execution for the execution of business processes. Sourcing is therefore about the selection process. For example outsourcing (outsourcing), move to a country with more favorable conditions (offshoring of nearshoring), at outsourcing do it yourself again or a mixture. Sourcing can relate to various matters: for example, personnel who perform work or the production or purchase of materials. Arguments for sourcing can be related to quality, scarcity, costs.
See also outsourcing, offshoring, nearshoring, backsourcing, managed insourcing.