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Category: D

DEBT FACTORING

Selling invoices to a third party. They must process the invoices and get loans based on payments of the invoices.

DECLINE CURVE

The way of setting up productin yields from oil or gas wells. It changes because of pressure, depletion, or maintenance time. An exponential hyperbolic or harmonic Arps equation is used.

DEDICATED

Anything made for a purpose or used to do a specific function.

DEGRADATION FACTOR

The amount multiplied by mean time between failures of a part to get the operational MTBF.

DEKA (DA)

The metric prefix of 10. It is also spelled as deca.

DELINQUENCY RATIO

The past due payments divided by the total loans. It is the way a bank’s quality is shown in their portfolio.

DEMARKETING

When it is discouraged to demand a product from a firm that can’t get the quantity needed or they don’t want to supply a region that would have little profit. Higher prices

DEMOGRAPHY

Studying quantitative qualities of the human population. They are composition, density, distribution, growth, movement, size, and structure. It is sociological, educational, crime, development, diet, race, social class, wealth, and well being.

DEPTH INTERVIEW

A type of marketing research that gets data from groups to get motivations about decisions.

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE

When an engineer goes from schematic to contract. Drawings are made and details are used. A statement is made about the cost as well.

DETAILED

A thorough element or something with many parts. It takes lots of care.

DEVELOPED

The characteristics of an item or process that can be sold.

DHL

Shipping service started in 1969. It has more than 120,000 destinations in 220 countries.

DIAZO PROCESS

A fast way to copy construction drawings using salts that turn blue in UV light. Its a blue print showing black as white. AKA ammonia process.

DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS

Evaluation based on different factots and alternatives. It involves cost changes, ignoring sunk cost, ignoring constant alternates, and choosing based on the best cost to benefit ratio. AKA incremental analysis or relevant

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