sourcing
調達
解説 Definition
sourcing は、必要な商品・部品・人材・サービスなどを探し、適切な供給元から調達することを指します。ビジネスでは、価格、品質、納期、信頼性などを比べながら最適な取引先を選ぶ文脈でよく使われます。
Sourcing is the process of finding, evaluating, and obtaining goods, materials, services, or workers from suitable suppliers. It often involves comparing cost, quality, reliability, delivery time, and ethical or environmental practices.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sourcing は source「供給元を見つけて調達する」に -ing を付けて名詞化した語です。単に買う purchasing よりも、候補の探索、価格・品質・納期の比較、取引先の選定までを含みます。responsible sourcing「責任ある調達」や sourcing strategy「調達戦略」を一まとまりで覚えましょう。
Build the meaning from source, a place or person from which something comes, plus -ing, which presents the activity as a process. In business, sourcing is broader than simply purchasing an item: it includes searching for possible suppliers, comparing them, checking quality and reliability, and deciding where to obtain what is needed. Remember common combinations such as sourcing strategy, responsible sourcing, and sourcing materials. Picture a company tracing each component back to its source and choosing the best route from that supplier to the finished product.
例文
The company improved its sourcing strategy to reduce costs.
その会社はコストを下げるために調達戦略を改善した。
Responsible sourcing is important in the fashion industry.
ファッション業界では責任ある調達が重要だ。
She is in charge of sourcing materials for the new product.
彼女は新製品の材料調達を担当している。
sourcing の類義語・関連語
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sourcing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
source（源）＋ -ing で「調達・供給元の確保」を意味する。source は古フランス語 sourse、さらにラテン語 surgere（湧き上がる）に遡る。関連語: resource（資源）、surge（急増）。「湧き出る源を探す」が調達の原義である。
Sourcing is the noun use of the -ing form of the verb source, meaning to obtain something from a particular provider or place. Source entered English through Old French from Latin surgere, “to rise,” and originally referred to the point where water rises from the ground. The business sense extends this image of an origin to the supplier from which goods or services come.
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