Closed-Loop vs Open-Loop Tyre Data
Every tagged tyre generates data. The question is who it's shared with. Here's how the two models work, where GDSO fits in, and how TyreTrace lets you start private and open up when you're ready.
Closed-loop: your tyres, your data
A closed-loop dataset is private. You tag your tyres — with RFID built in at manufacture or fitted aftermarket — and track them in your own system: which vehicle they're on, how far they've gone, when they were rotated or retreaded. Nobody outside your organisation sees it. This is where TyreTrace starts.
Open-loop: data that travels with the tyre
An open-loop dataset is shared across the industry using common standards, so a tyre's identity and key information can be read by manufacturers, retailers, service providers and recyclers along its life. This is the foundation for Digital Product Passports.
| Closed-loop | Open-loop | |
|---|---|---|
| Who sees the data | Only you and the people you invite | The wider tyre industry, through agreed standards |
| Typical users | Fleets, race teams, retailers | Manufacturers, retailers, service providers, recyclers |
| Identifier | Your RFID tag ID | Standardised tyre identifiers shared via GDSO |
| Main benefit | Control, security and operational insight | Interoperability and regulatory readiness |
What is GDSO?
The Global Data Service Organisation for Tyres and Automotive Components (GDSO) is an international non-profit that standardises tyre data globally. Its Tyre Information Service is designed to let manufacturers, retailers and service providers exchange tyre information securely using shared identifiers.
From closed to open with TyreTrace
TyreTrace gives you value from day one with closed-loop tracking. GDSO compatibility is on the roadmap, so the same tyres and records can join open-loop, industry-wide sharing when you're ready — or when regulation requires it. Underneath, it runs on the SmartLinks platform that powers Digital Product Passports across many industries.