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Abstract
At present companies are trying hard to reduce productive assets by reducing general expenses
and increasing flexibility toward what they call “lean production”. For this reason they are
hiring specialized companies under long term agreements in order to supply parts, operations,
and services, with quality responsibility, integrating them into their production line with their
own workers. Worldwide, a new phenomenon has occurred where technology has taken over a
great deal of the company's performance through simplified processes. After which there has
been the need to implement an integration phase, and finally there is a tendency towards
optimization. Agribusiness is part of this new tendency. “Tercerización” is more known for its
English term “outsourcing”. Nevertheless, “tercerización” is becoming a more and more
familiar term. This is good for the Spanish Language as foreign expressions should be
avoided. Currently this technique is applied in big agricultural and agribusiness corporations,
however during research, it was determined that other companies, such as accounting offices,
service companies, and food-analysis labs, are using something similar to what has been
described.