In order to reduce the number of items damaged while in transit to customers, packaging consultants recommended that the TrueSave mail-order company increase the amount of packing material so as to fill any empty spaces in its cartons  Accordingly, TrueSave officials instructed the company's packers to use more packing material than before, and the packers zealously acted on these instructions and used as much as they could
Nevertheless, customer reports of damaged items rose somewhat
When packing material is compressed too densely, it loses some of its capacity to absorb shock.