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GDSO acronym
GDSO stands for GLOBAL DATA SERVICE ORGANISATION FOR TYRES AND AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS.
Refer to the Articles of Association (AoA) abstract below to get more information about its purpose and governace.
ARTICLES OF THE ASSOCIATION - abstract
Established in January 2022 the « Global Data Service Organisation for Tyres and Automotive Components », abbreviated to « GDSO », is an international non-profit association.

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the Association is to act as a competent body responsible for developing and managing a global tyre data management implementation associated with an internet service in order to facilitate a secured and standardized access by any digital application requesting some data relating to tyres (« Global Data Service for Tyres » or « GDS »).

ACTIVITIES:

- standardize data related to tyres and define solutions to access and exchange data;
- develop solutions tackling online tyre data access;
- establish worldwide agreement on a webservice to facilitate data access by stakeholders;
- promote the use of the GDS to tyre manufacturers and external stakeholders;
- represent the Members in regard to external bodies/organisations regarding the GDS (« Global Data Service for Tyres » or « GDS », any digital application requesting some data relating to tyres).

MEMBERSHIP

The Membership is open to all tyre manufacturers and associations or organizations bringing together tyre manufacturers, subject to any other conditions of membership.
GDSO has three (3) categories of Membership: « Executive Members », « Full Members »  and « Associates »
 

All Members shall

  1. actively collaborate to the achievement of the Association’s purpose; and
  2. comply at all times with these Articles of Association, any applicable legislation, code of conduct, financing rules or decision by a competent body of the Association, especially privacy and antitrust regulations (notably regarding any standard-setting aspects), including the Association’s antitrust compliance policy, in their present and future form. 

If you need more information, please contact: info@gdso.org
FOUNDING MEMBERS

Thanks to the initiative of Bridgestone, Continental, Goodyear, Michelin and Pirelli a taskforce worked for 6 years to define the outlines of tyre data standards and a global technical solution for retrieving data from participating companies, based on a unique item identifier (UII), that shall open the door for various stakeholders to new connected services.
Thanks to this effort, today GDSO can already benefit of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), offering the flavour of the innovative service value proposition: tasks solved more easily along the tyre value chain, thanks to the tyre electronic identification and Application Programming Interface (API) aimed at retrieving standardized data through remote execution.
 


FOUNDING MEMBERS
GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE


GDSO has a complex agenda made simple thanks to a structured and transparent governance

Link to the Board of Directors page
Riccardo GIOVANNOTTI

Secretary General | EMBA

Riccardo has an extensive experience in the automotive industry, where he previously led several projects at international level, contributing to shape, among the others, the future connected mobility requirements, combining Global and Local needs.
He supported the Organization set-up, guiding the Board through the strategic initiatives aimed at defining Branding strategy and Identity, focusing on short term needs and long term perspective, while keeping in mind a continuous and sustainable development in the digital framework.

Riccardo is able to inspire and create energy, while driving through a transformation process.

Riccardo held an Executive MBA from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

riccardo.giovannotti@gdso.org
Riccardo GIOVANNOTTI
RULES OF PROCEDURES
Rules of procedures represent the Board of Directors' compass in managing the Organisation, as originally adopted on May 02, 2022.
If you need more information, please contact: info@gdso.org