What term is used for bringing offshored operations back to the original country?

The term specifically referring to bringing offshored operations back to the original country is reshoring. This process involves transferring production and services that were previously relocated to foreign countries back to the domestic environment. Companies may choose to reshore for various reasons, such as reducing transport costs, improving quality control, responding to changing market demands, enhancing brand image, or taking advantage of new technologies and skilled labor available at home. Reshoring reflects broader shifts in global business strategies, where firms assess the benefits of keeping certain operations closer to their main markets.

While backshoring and repatriation are similar concepts, they generally refer to moving operations back to the original country without emphasizing the economic or strategic implications that reshoring does. Outsourcing, on the other hand, refers to contracting out business processes to external suppliers, which is opposite to the idea of reshoring.