It is theorized that light weighting packaging systems for improved sustainability and cost efficiencies, combined with the traditional simulation practice of emphasizing only single-axis, vertical vibration in design and testing, has resulted in changing the influence of vibration in other degrees of freedom from a secondary concern to a primary concern.  This study is on the performance of light weighted versus non-light weighted containers using vibration in varying degrees of freedom to better understand how light weighting of containers affects distribution damage, and how to counter the impact of multiple degrees of freedom of vibration without losing the advantages of sustainable design.