How is Catena-X Automotive Network e.V. organized?
Our Management Board ...
…...consists of twelve high ranking executives who represent the diverse perspectives of the automotive value chain. They carry out activities within the Association on a voluntary basis with a will to actively shape the Association and a high level of time commitment. The Board is chaired by Oliver Ganser.
Within the association, the Management Board is responsible for...
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managing the day-to-day operations and ongoing strategic initiatives and workstreams of the association.
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organizing General Assemblies and carrying out their resolutions
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prepare a yearly budget plan and manage the finances
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enroll new members
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to assign a Chief Executive Officer and establish a Management Office
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to appoint half of the Advisory Board members every five years
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to mediate in the event of disagreements
Our Association Office ...
Our Association Office ...
… consists of a rapidly growing team, which is responsible for membership recruitment, internationalization, the presence of Catena-X in the public, as well as the optimization of administrative processes.
The corporate office is mainly responsible for the following tasks:
- The office is mainly responsible for the following tasks.
- To manage the daily business of the association
- Optimize the presence of Catena-X in public
- Member administration & staff support
- Coordination of the workflows.
The Advisory Council...
... consists of seven members who advise the Management Board on strategic issues. The Advisory Council includes experts from politics, science and institutions in the automotive sector. All of them have a special affinity and expertise in the automotive sector.
The Advisory Council supports the Management Board primarily ...
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to conncet with a wide network in the political, social and scientific community
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to plan and initiate collaborations with potential partner organizations
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to monitor new research results and to discuss the latest state of open technology development
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to multiply the results from the association into the industry-relevant committees and institutions
The current members of the Advisory Council are
Dr. Marcus Bollig I Beiratsvorsitzender
German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)V
Achim Berg
Bitkom e.V.
Eric Lambert
Galia
Ernst Stöckl-Pukall
Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany
Dieter Meuser
GEC- German Edge Cloud GmbH & Co.KG
Nik Scharmann
Robert Bosch GmbH
Shi Hao
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dianjun Fang
Tongji University
Our Committees ...
... are appointed by the Management Board and permanently oversee specific processes that become necessary for the coordination, implementation and standardization of a data ecosystem. Their members are changed at regular intervals.
Architecture Management Committee
Ensuring that the architecture blueprints effectively translate the Catena-X strategy and business objectives into a technical implementation.
Data Space Operations Committee
Govern, maintain, and continuously update the Catena-X Operating Model, as well as all relevant subtopics as defined in the current chapters of the Catena-X Operating Model Whitepaper.
Industry Core Committee
Refine the objectives and KIT related to the Industry Core to foster a productive use of the current standards and principles in the supply network.
Internationalization Committee
Initiate new hubs and support their roll-out in the respective countries.
Network Services Committee
Further develop a common vision, strategy, business and technical roadmap for the shared network services in the Catena-X data space with Association members and external stakeholders.
Onboarding Committee
Develop strategies to onboard service partners (set up a handbook, create certification criteria) and SMEs (tools for self-onboarding, platforms within the SME community).
Sustainability Committee
Define a common vision, strategy, business and technical roadmap (e.g., standards and KITs) for the overall sustainability domain.
PLM, Resiliency & Quality Committee
Define a common vision, strategy, business and technical roadmap within the fields of quality and resiliency.
Technical Committee for Modelling
Assure quality for semantic models before their formal standardization as a Catena-X and ultimately, as an IDTA submodel template.
Technical Committee for Standardization
Manage the standardization process mandatory for the Catena-X data ecosystem and check standard candidates.
Key Regulations of the Association
Please find here our Articles of association, IP regulations and contribution regulationsOur Organisational Structure
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