Monitoring the Cold Chain with RFID

Harald Speletz is head of RFID solutions at Siemens Austria. Main focus of this business segment is the development and implementation of cool chain solutions with help of RFID based data loggers.

When starting at Siemens in 2000 he was a project manager for MES systems, and process control systems. After this he was one of the inventors and developers of a novel RFID label for temperature monitoring. In parallel he planned a software system to monitor the cool chain of blood banks, pharmaceutical companies and forwarders.

Siemens AG (headquartered in Berlin and Munich) is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. Siemens holds leading market positions in all its business areas. The company has around 405,000 employees (in continuing operations) working to develop and manufacture products, design and install complex systems and projects, and tailor a wide range of solutions for individual requirements. For over 160 years, Siemens has stood for technological excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality.

 

The Industry Sector is the largest of Siemens' three sectors: Industry, Energy and Healthcare. The sector employs 209,000 people worldwide, 4,800 or whom work in Cluster CEE. More than 100,000 customers around the world rely on industrial solutions from Siemens. The Industry Sector aims to grow organically - by aligning our products even more intensely with standardized drive, automation and software platforms. We strive to attain leading positions in attractive markets by providing our customers with compelling benefits and by positioning ourselves clearly vis-à-vis our competitors. The added value that the Industry Sector can offer is the result of increased tapping of the market's potential, the ideal use of the latest technologies, portfolio optimization and cost synergies.