Taking a Total System Approach to Package Design For example, a product with 15-inch drop resistance is packaged in material that will dissipate the shock generated in the 30 inches of drop height the packaged product is expected to encounter in the distribution environment. - When the package provides less protective capacity than needed for the environment, this underpackaging will result in damage. - Overpackaging. The package protection level is higher than the environment requires. - It may be possible to improve the product as an alternative to more packaging. - The most elusive part of the package-plus-product equation is the distribution environment.Taking a Total System Approach to Package Design For example, a product with 15-inch drop resistance is packaged in material that will dissipate the shock generated in the 30 inches of drop height the packaged product is expected to encounter in the distribution environment. - When the package provides less protective capacity than needed for the environment, this underpackaging will result in damage. - Overpackaging. The package protection level is higher than the environment requires. - It may be possible to improve the product as an alternative to more packaging. - The most elusive part of the package-plus-product equation is the distribution environment