to outsource / remove from storage
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to outsource
(Business) To assign business tasks, production steps, or entire departments to an external company or service provider, often in order to reduce costs.
Das Unternehmen hat beschlossen, den Kundenservice ins Ausland auszulagern.
The company decided to outsource customer service abroad.
'Auslagern' (to outsource / remove from storage) is a separable verb. The prefix 'aus-' stands at the end in a main clause. In subordinate clauses and in the infinitive with 'zu', the verb stays together.
Die Firma lagert ihre IT-Abteilung aus.
The company outsources its IT department.
The meaning depends on the object. If abstract things such as 'Produktion' (production), 'Buchhaltung' (accounting), or 'Dienstleistungen' (services) are mentioned, outsourcing (m01) is meant. With concrete objects such as 'Möbel' (furniture), 'Akten' (files), or 'Waren' (goods), it means taking something out of storage (m02).
Viele Firmen lagern ihren Kundenservice aus.
Many companies outsource their customer service.
In the meaning 'outsourcen' (to outsource), 'auslagern' (to outsource) is a typical term from business language. It is often used with the prepositions 'an' (to whom?) or 'in'/'nach' (to where?).
Der Konzern hat die Fertigung an einen externen Dienstleister ausgelagert.
The corporation outsourced production to an external service provider.
In this meaning, the word is to be understood literally: you take something 'aus' (out of) a 'Lager' (storage/warehouse). Typical places are 'aus dem Keller' (from the cellar), 'vom Dachboden' (from the attic), or 'aus dem Schuppen' (from the shed).
Jeden Herbst lagern wir die Gartenstühle wieder ein und im Frühling lagern wir sie aus.
Every fall we put the garden chairs back into storage, and in spring we take them out again.
to infer / take
'entnehmen' and 'auslagern' can both mean that something is taken out of a place or a quantity. 'entnehmen' is more suitable for individual things, samples, or small amounts that you take from a container or from a whole. 'auslagern' is used more for goods or objects that are taken out of a warehouse, storage area, or cellar. It has a stronger sense of storage, supplies, or organization. So in everyday language you would say: 'eine Flasche aus der Kiste entnehmen' (to take a bottle out of the crate), but 'Waren aus dem Lager auslagern' (to remove goods from storage).
Vor dem Umzug lagern wir die alten Möbel aus dem Keller aus.
Before the move, we are taking the old furniture out of storage in the cellar.
Bitte entnehmen Sie dem Paket nur die beschädigte Flasche.
Please take only the damaged bottle out of the package.