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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Far too many companies view data as a back-office problem.
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Prashant Kondle, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Software companies designed to reduce the drudgery of back-office tasks don’t tend to become household names.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Seamless connectivity meant that everything from customer and back-office processing to coding and data analytics could be done almost anywhere on earth.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2025
Companies who diversify their supply chains, digitize and automate core business processes and modernize both back-office and B2B integration technologies can turn volatility into opportunity.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 18 July 2025
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Prashant Kondle, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Software companies designed to reduce the drudgery of back-office tasks don’t tend to become household names.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Seamless connectivity meant that everything from customer and back-office processing to coding and data analytics could be done almost anywhere on earth.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2025
Companies who diversify their supply chains, digitize and automate core business processes and modernize both back-office and B2B integration technologies can turn volatility into opportunity.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 18 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for back-office
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“Back-office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back-office. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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