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. Both 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).