IBM's intelligent assets and equipment factor uses analytics and cognitive competencies to detect, communicate, and solve the issues occurred during production. In addition, IBM Watson Industrial Analytics helps in performance optimization and minimizes the industrial outage. Further, cognitive process and operations factor analyzes different types of information from context, workflow, and environment for quality improvement and decision-making. The smart resource and optimization factor uses analytics to optimize the resources related to the production floor, and provides a safe working environment for its workers.