{"id":1484,"date":"2017-01-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingweb.trainingindustry.com\/glossary\/outsourcing\/"},"modified":"2023-01-02T15:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T20:29:59","slug":"learning-services-and-outsourcing","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/glossary\/learning-services-and-outsourcing\/","title":{"rendered":"Outsourcing"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1484","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"main_content":"<strong>Outsourcing<\/strong> is the practice of contracting work or business processes to an outside company, from which the process is purchased back as a service. The work or process may be something that the organization previously handled internally or something that they will need in the future. 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