Subcontract vs Outsource - What's the difference?
subcontract | outsource | Synonyms |
A portion of a contracted project that is contracted out in turn.
* Cristina T. Chaplain, Defense Acquisitions: Additonal Guidance Needed to Improve Visibility into the Structure and Management of Major Weapon System Subcontracts
(chiefly, US, business, management) To transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.
Outsource is a synonym of subcontract.
As verbs the difference between subcontract and outsource
is that subcontract is to contract out portions of a larger contracted project while outsource is to transfer the management and/or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.As a noun subcontract
is a portion of a contracted project that is contracted out in turn.subcontract
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Synonyms
* farm out, outsourceNoun
(en noun)- Once the prime contract has been awarded, “major” subcontractors typically remain the same over the life cycle of the program—from development to production—even if the subcontracts were originally competed.
outsource
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(Outsourcing)Verb
(outsourc)- They decided to outsource the design and manufacture of the system to a vendor.