“…HänelandFelden(2011)characterizeMESas"integrativeapproachestofacilitateoperationalcontrol andanalysisofprocessesinreal-time"(p.1)-formingthefoundationonwhichthisstudybuilds. Accordingtomanystudies (Arab-Mansour,Millet,andBotta-Genoulaz,2017;Omanetal.,2017;Kletti, 2007, Deuel, 1994, Saadé and Ahmed, 2011, MES key functionalities are the following: resourceallocationandstatus,operations/detailscheduling,dispatchingproductionunits,document control,datacollection/acquisition,labormanagement,qualitymanagement,processmanagement, maintenancemanagement,producttrackingandgenealogy,andperformanceanalysis.…”