"outsource manufacturing" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used in business and economic contexts to describe the practice of having a company's production or manufacturing work done by another company or contractor, often in a different country. Example: "In order to cut costs, the company decided to outsource manufacturing of their new product to a factory in China."
For electronics companies, the decision to outsource manufacturing operations to the developing world isn't just about cost-cutting.
If you outsource manufacturing to China, 3-D printing can shift the turnaround time to weeks rather than months.
Big companies outsource manufacturing through contractors, then subcontractors, and fierce retail competition translates into a squeeze on factories in Bulgaria, China, Indonesia or wherever.
The firm is by far the leader in China and will continue to dominate this market, thanks to its retail relationships and the fact that it does not outsource manufacturing.
We start by conceptually defining two distinct forms of firm-individual collaboration in manufacturing industries: (1) social cloud manufacturing, in which firms outsource manufacturing to individuals, and (2) social platform manufacturing, in which firms provide manufacturing services to individuals.
It's not unusual for a phonemaker to outsource manufacturing.
Trump himself outsources manufacturing to China and Bangladesh, making suits and ties there and importing them to the US.
Industrial commons are somewhat different, because participants are contributing to the knowledge base and supply chain rather than just consuming resources, but when a company outsources manufacturing it depletes the commons just as surely as overfishing does.
At first he outsourced manufacturing in Mumbai.
The semiconductor industry was redefined when companies started outsourcing manufacturing to low-cost Asian foundries.
To circumvent militant unions, he outsourced manufacturing to groups of women, whom he trained to ensure quality standards.
