Inshoring: What It Means And How Different Is It? By: Gladeyas | Oct 28th 2010 - The meaning of outsourcing/ offshoring has been drilled into us for over a decade now, but the increasing usage of yet another term "€˜inshoring"€™ has also gained prominence. The online encyclopedia defines inshoring "€œas Term used occasionally as an opposite to offshoring, when a foreign firm relocates a part of its productive activity into the domestic economy. Tags:inshoring, domestic inshoring, IT infrastructure services, application development services