When Making Investment Decisions That Involve Advanced Manufacturing Systems, the Use

When making investment decisions that involve advanced manufacturing systems, the use of net present value:

A) presents no special problems for the analyst.
B) often gives rise to net-present-value figures that are negative despite a manager's belief that the investment is beneficial for the firm.
C) should be coupled with Pareto diagrams.
D) often omits a number of factors that are difficult to quantify (e.g., greater manufacturing flexibility, improved product quality, and so forth) .
E) often gives rise to net-present-value figures that are negative despite a manager's belief that the investment is beneficial for the firm and often omits a number of factors that are difficult to quantify (e.g., greater manufacturing flexibility, improved product quality, and so forth) .