This report presents the findings of WP2 with respect to challenges and use-cases relevant to smart production and maintenance systems. WP2 gathers information and determines the challenges the industrial partners (Astra Zeneca and Ericsson) in Sweden and India have. These challenges have been translated into concrete problems and purposes, which finally describes a main project problem and purpose. WP2 also focuses on specific use cases where smart automation and information gathering can help relieve potential bottlenecks. An exhaustive study of technologies and challenges has also been included. It is the view of WP2 that smart production maintenance technologies should be bundled with other solutions to have an increased impact within factory production systems. At the current stage, production maintenance is a secondary aspect in both Astra Zeneca and Ericsson factories.