Petrone group, through one of its companies, the STM Group, offers a full range of integrated logistics services, stationary and pharmaceutical distribution in Italy and has adopted a customer oriented approach to its operations. After careful analysis of the needs of the customer, a proposal is made that allows them to work side by side with the customer. They are ever committed to their level of performance, striving for quality and punctuality. The basic flow of activities includes both receiving and storage areas equipped with products ordered from Customer Service (either by the client or directly by customers), and their warehouse is set up for shipping orders with reliable and specialized carriers. STM Group operates through three proprietary platforms with specific merchandise (Cambiago, Grezzago and Pozzuoli) and uses two secondary systems for repackaging (Brescia and Pozzuoli) that fully meet the needs of the whole country with almost 30 thousand square meters of warehouses and more than 35 thousand pallet spaces of which 386 are refrigerated 240 dedicated to pharmaceuticals. The Information System managed by Pharmaceutical Logistics Srl is based on an IBM iSeries (formerly AS 400) that supports software dedicated to all warehousing and distribution activities. The specific procedure Quick EDD, which uses mirroring between the two locations, ensures management continuity even in case of a disaster. The rooms housing the hardware are tailor-made, air-conditioned, serviced by UPS and generators, dual redundant power with intrusion and fire detection systems. Backups are performed on a daily basis. The security of stored goods is an important factor of the logistics service, which is the highest order. Product protection is guaranteed by intrusion detection systems at multiple levels: there is perimeter protection around the industrial complexes, a perimeter security for the operational units and video surveillance systems connected to private securit