Ubiquitous availability of information-processing capabilities, computing-power, as well as networking-resources manifests itself in the creation of ubiquitous systems. In this paper, the possible contribution of these 'intelligent' systems to product lifecycle management is analysed. Potential characteristics of supporting systems are presented, which may empower already existing data management systems by functionalities of ubiquity; making in this way a proposal for a possible future development of the product lifecycle management approach (PLM).
