en تست و استاندارد Standards and tests پژوهشي Research <a name="OLE_LINK314"></a><a name="OLE_LINK71"></a><a name="OLE_LINK9"></a><a name="OLE_LINK168"></a><a name="OLE_LINK134"></a><a name="OLE_LINK133"></a><a name="OLE_LINK130"></a><a name="OLE_LINK70"></a><a name="OLE_LINK69">Considering the present business competitive scenario, the automotive industry is under pressure to achieve higher productivity</a><a name="OLE_LINK365"></a><a name="OLE_LINK362"></a>. A high level of performance and quality standard could be achieved through improving the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of the equipment in an automotive industry. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate the <a name="OLE_LINK23"></a><a name="OLE_LINK22">performance measurement through OEE</a> theory in an Iranian automotive industry. <a name="OLE_LINK40"></a><a name="OLE_LINK39">Data and basic information collected from the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) of the production assembly lines</a><a name="OLE_LINK351"></a><a name="OLE_LINK350">. In this case study, two different assembly lines such Peugeot and Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) were studied. </a>The results indicated that the indices such availability rate, performance and <a name="OLE_LINK3">quality</a> for Peugeot assembly line obtained an OEE value of 0.99, 0.70 and 0.38, respectively, and, these indices for SUV<a name="OLE_LINK81"></a><a name="OLE_LINK80"> assembly line</a> obtained as 0.99, 0.39 and 0.53, respectively. Statistical analysis results of net operating time parameter for two assembly lines revealed that there is significant difference in the confidence level of 5% (P-value < 0.05). In addition, <a name="OLE_LINK10">the OEE </a><a name="OLE_LINK79"></a><a name="OLE_LINK78">index for </a><a name="OLE_LINK34"></a><a name="OLE_LINK33">Peugeot </a>and SUV assembly lines gained 0.27 and 0.21 over a period of one year. Consequently, to improve the OEE in the automotive <a name="OLE_LINK11"></a><a name="OLE_LINK8">assembly lines</a>, <a name="OLE_LINK170"></a><a name="OLE_LINK169">managing the time losses by systematic planning of manufacturing and the implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) are suggested.</a> Assembly lines,Manufacturing, Overall equipment effectiveness, Total productive maintenance 2781 2791 http://ase.iust.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-321-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Hamzeh Soltanali soltanali.hamzeh@yahoo.com 180031947532846002375 180031947532846002375 No Department of Biosystems Engineering, Ferdowsi University Abbas Rohani arohani@um.ac.ir 180031947532846002376 180031947532846002376 Yes Department of Biosystems Engineering, Ferdowsi University Mohammad Tabasizadeh Tabasizadeh@um.ac.ir 180031947532846002377 180031947532846002377 No Department of Biosystems Engineering, Ferdowsi University Mohammad Hossein Abbaspour- Fard Abbaspour- Fard18@um.ac.ir 180031947532846002378 180031947532846002378 No Department of Biosystems Engineering, Ferdowsi University Aditya Parida Parida.A@ltu.se 180031947532846002379 180031947532846002379 No Professor, Division of Operation and Maintenance Engineering, Luleå University of Technology