insource

insource

For a company or organization, to use its own employees for a task or project, rather than hiring individuals from outside the organization. The opposite of "outsource." I think our jobs are safe now that insourcing is in vogue again.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

insource

tv. to assign a task or an order to an internal department, rather than an outside vendor. (The opposite of outsource.) The manager decided to in source the project so he could retain control.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • outsource
  • join up
  • think tank
  • think-tank
  • awkward squad
  • (one's) face fits
  • a/the prodigal son
  • prodigal
  • free agent
  • open day
References in periodicals archive
The company's commitment to quality was well evidenced during the accreditation process, where Insource Renewables received perfect scores from NABCEP for their installation practices during the inspection process.
The company hopes that the move to insource more IT functions will result in increased flexibility in meeting the needs of colleagues and customers, as well as expedite the delivery of technology services.
The importance of this investigation on insourcing stems from the fact that making the decision whether to outsource or insource isn't as simple and insulated as it first appears to be.
"It's something that's quite normal--of course you insource when you can.
InSource Energy marked the start of work on the plant at Premier Foods Plc's RF Brookes ready meals factory in Rogerstone, Newport, with a ceremony attended by environment minister Jane Davidson.
InSource Energy has marked the start of work on Wales's first commercial-scale anaerobic digestion plant at Premier Foods Plc's RF Brookes ready meals factory in Rogerstone, Newport with a ceremony attended by Jane Davidson AM, Minister for Environment in Wales.
Agency efforts to effectively insource functions performed by contractors will in large part depend on the ability to assess mission and human capital requirements and develop and execute plans to fulfill those requirements so agencies have a workforce that possesses the necessary knowledge, skills, and competencies to accomplish their mission.
Industry officials have complained that some agencies see an "insourcing mandate" from the administration and are moving to insource jobs by assuming big savings when federal employees replace contractors.
Under the three-year contract, SIAEC will work with Gulf Air to insource MRO services provided by SIAEC.
In early February, it introduced INSOURCE (www .insource.cz/en), a 2-day conference in Prague, Czech Republic.
Soto, president of the Miami-based insurance agency InSource and immediate past president of the industry's national trade association, also outlined in our conversation the steps he believes are needed to protect homes and buildings in coastal areas and strive for a financially healthy insurance system.
I have also set up the new 'Insource' service to help make our organisation more flexible and help people whose jobs have changed.
(TSE: 7238) announced it will establish a new casting foundry in Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture, to partially insource material procurement.
Chris Ball, a principal of InSource, a retail insurance agency in Miami, said when his firm collects information, a copy of it is scanned into a secured password-protected file that only a couple of people in his office have access to.