right-shore

English

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 ).

Verb

right-shore (third-person singular simple present right-shores, present participle right-shoring, simple past and past participle right-shored)

1. (business) To move (a part of a business) overseas while retaining other portions of the business locally in order to maximise efficiency and profits.
   • 2008, Guy G. Gable, The Information Systems Academic Discipline in Australia, →ISBN, page 217:

     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.

   • 2009, Linda Holbeche, Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy, →ISBN, page 32:

     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.

   • 2010, Roger Oakden, Katia Leonaite, A Framework for Supply Chains, →ISBN, page 26:

     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.