Project Stock inverts the cabinet supply cycle. Built at signing, held at the Cabo Factory, released on your call, delivered in under 7 days. The mechanism is simple. The operational implications are not.
Most cabinet suppliers run a build-to-order model. A purchase order arrives, the line runs, the truck leaves. Lead time is the unavoidable consequence: there is no inventory because the inventory specification did not exist before the order. The Project Stock model is the opposite.
What gets pre-built
At program signing, three components of the package are committed:
- Box configuration. Frame style (framed or frameless), door style (shaker, slim shaker, slab, raised panel), box material (MDF, plywood), and standard SKU dimensions.
- Hardware package. Hinge type, drawer slide, pulls or no pulls, soft close or standard close.
- Finish. Color or stain, factory-applied. This is the longest-lead component in a custom build; pre-finishing at the Cabo Factory eliminates the field finish step entirely.
For a multifamily buyer, two to three configurations typically cover ninety percent of project requirements. For a hospitality buyer, a single configuration plus accent variants is often the entire spec. The Project Stock inventory is built around those committed configurations.
How a release works
You call (or email, or trigger via API) and say: “Release 47 kitchen packages plus 47 bath vanity packages for the Phoenix project, address attached, target date Tuesday.” That call enters the Cabo Factory warehouse queue. The order is staged, loaded, and on the truck within 24 to 48 hours. Under 7 days total transit to anywhere in the continental U.S.
The truck is your project’s inventory. The freight is on us within the program agreement. Receiving is a normal contractor receiving process: count, inspect, install. No warehouse on your books, no carrying cost, no risk-of-loss while the inventory sits.
What this changes operationally
- Project schedule. Cabinet rough-in and install can be scheduled based on actual project readiness, not the supplier’s queue. Removing a week or two from cabinet schedule, across fifty projects per year, is real money.
- Change orders. A spec change on Friday for a Monday install is now feasible. Under build-to-order, that is impossible.
- Mix. Multifamily portfolios with varying unit counts per project draw against the same Project Stock pool. A 50 unit phase and a 200 unit phase both ship from the same inventory.
- Pricing certainty. Program pricing is locked at signing for two to three years. The inventory was built at that price. The cost of capital sits with us, not you.
The trade-offs
Project Stock is not the right fit for every cabinet buyer.
- Custom-per-unit residential work is not the target. The committed configurations must cover the bulk of demand.
- Volume commitment matters. The National Buyer Program is built for buyers committing 1,000+ units per year. The Regional Builder Program is the right shape at 100 to 999 units per year.
- Operating discipline. Releases work when project teams plan a week ahead, not the day before. Sub-72-hour releases are possible but not the program norm.
For buyers operating at portfolio scale, Project Stock changes cabinets from a scheduling liability to a managed asset. The capital, the inventory risk, and the production-side execution sit with us. The release calendar sits with you. That separation is the entire point of the program.
Program structure, volume tiers, and example releases: cabocabinetgroup.com/cabo-pro. For a scope review on a specific project, contact us directly.