ニアショア

noun, noun-modifying (irregular)

nearshore outsourcing; outsourcing to regional cities

Business term for relocating operations or development to nearby regional cities within the same country, as opposed to offshore outsourcing. Often used in IT and service industries.

from English nearshore

• コスト削さく減げんのため、開かい発はつ業ぎょう務むをニアショアに切きり替かえた。

  To cut costs, we switched development work to nearshore outsourcing.

• ニアショア拠きょ点てんとして地ち方ほう都と市しにオフィスを開かい設せつした。

  We opened an office in a regional city as a nearshore base.