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insourcing

British  
/ ˈɪnˌsɔːsɪŋ /

noun

  1. the practice of subcontracting work to another company that is under the same general ownership

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  • insource verb

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Companies such as Amazon and Google have developed custom chips for AI and data-center use, and Apple saved billions of dollars by insourcing chips for its devices, including the M-series chips that have helped revitalize its MacBook laptops.

From The Wall Street Journal

Glanso, which declared profits of £2.6m in the past year, said insourcing could be cheaper for the NHS than outsourcing and staff hours could be better monitored to ensure patient safety.

From BBC

Insourcing sees private companies work outside normal hours and pay to use spare operating theatre capacity.

From BBC

There’s a couple things we’re insourcing that we never used to.

From The Verge

And we’re insourcing cell production and knowhow inside the company.

From The Verge