Chapter 9: Middle and end of life issues

Title: Product lifecycle management in the ubiquitous world

Author(s): Veronica Serrano, Thomas Fischer

Address: WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, Burgplatz 2, 56179 Vallendar, Germany | WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, Burgplatz 2, 56179 Vallendar, Germany

Reference: International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management 2007 pp. 607 - 616

Abstract/Summary: 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).

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