Nine necks across twenty containers
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The distribution
5 containers at 63TW, 4 at 89-400, 3 at 70-450G, 2 at 70TW, 2 at 70-400, and one each at 110-405, 70-450, 63-400 and 48-400.
Nine distinct finishes across twenty containers
Which is the most fragmented neck distribution measured in this library. Most shelves concentrate on two or three.
And four of the nine have a single container
110-405, 70-450, 63-400 and 48-400. Which means a closure bought for one of those fits exactly one jar.
The twist finishes are the interesting group
5 at 63TW and 2 at 70TW. A twist finish takes a lug cap, which is the vacuum-sealing closure on this shelf.
The 450G and 450 finishes are the mason family
3 at 70-450G and 1 at 70-450, which is the continuous thread version of a mason mouth. Those are the jars a two-piece lid would fit.
So the gap is visible in the neck data
Four containers on mason-family finishes, and no article in the catalog made for them.
89-400 is the wide generic
4 containers, which is the neck most of this catalog standardizes on. Plenty of plain lids fit it.
Fragmentation costs more than it looks
Nine finishes means nine closure decisions, nine liner specifications and nine order lines for twenty containers.
Which is the argument for standardizing early
Pick a finish, then pick the jar, rather than the other way round. 63TW and 89-400 are the two with any depth.
And the closure count hides it
183 closures sounds like depth. 131 of them are the same plain lid, and the distribution across nine necks is thin.
19 of 20 containers are full case only
With case packs from 12 to 144 and a median of 72. So a nine-neck shelf is also a nine-case-commitment shelf.
And the 70 family has three variants here
70-400, 70-450 and 70-450G, on 2, 1 and 3 containers. Three finishes that look like one number and are not interchangeable, which is the fragmentation at its most expensive.
The one that is not is worth knowing
A single container can be bought in less than a case, out of twenty.