back-office
adjective
ˈbak-ˈä-fəs 
-ˈȯ-fəs
: of or relating to the inner workings of a business or institution : internal
back-office operations
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This leads to difficult tradeoffs between back-office transformation and customer-facing innovations.
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Jim Deloach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The Importance of Building Resilience in Outsourcing Resilience in outsourcing refers to the ability to proactively prepare for and effectively respond to disruptions to ensure continuity of critical back-office services.
—Mit Somaiya, Sourcing Journal, 3 Mar. 2025
The new structure ensured that ASC could continue focusing on its work and retain its identity while benefiting from managerial and back-office support of the foundation, the groups said at the time.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025
Those roles include people working in everything from federal agencies, back-office support, financial operations and other administrative work.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
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Jim Deloach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The Importance of Building Resilience in Outsourcing Resilience in outsourcing refers to the ability to proactively prepare for and effectively respond to disruptions to ensure continuity of critical back-office services.
—Mit Somaiya, Sourcing Journal, 3 Mar. 2025
The new structure ensured that ASC could continue focusing on its work and retain its identity while benefiting from managerial and back-office support of the foundation, the groups said at the time.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025
Those roles include people working in everything from federal agencies, back-office support, financial operations and other administrative work.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Back-office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back-office. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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