Sourcing

In business, the term word sourcing refers to a number of procurement practices, aimed at finding, evaluating and engaging suppliers of goods and services:
*Global sourcing, a procurement strategy aimed at exploiting global efficiencies in production
*Strategic sourcing, a component of supply chain management, for improving and re-evaluating purchasing activities
*Sourcing (personnel), the identification of job candidates through proactive recruiting technique
*Co-sourcing, a type of auditing service
*Low-cost country sourcing, a procurement strategy for acquiring materials from countries with lower labour and production costs in order to cut operating expenses
*Corporate sourcing, a supply chain, purchasing/procurement, and inventory function
*Second-tier sourcing, a practice of rewarding suppliers for attempting to achieve minority-owned business spending goals of their customer
*Netsourcing, a practice of utilizing an established group of businesses and individuals to streamline or initiate procurement practices

In journalism, it can also refer to:
*Journalism sourcing, the practice of identifying a person or publication that gives information
*Single sourcing, the reuse of content in publishing

In computing, it can refer to:
*Open-sourcing, the act of releasing previously proprietary software under an open source/free software license
*Power sourcing equipment, network devices that will provide power in a Power over Ethernet (PoE) setup