Direct Answer
The easiest way is to work with your assigned Cabo account representative to confirm your complete specification, then provide that approved spec in writing along with a purchase order. Cabo does not operate on a point and click web portal. Every project runs through specification confirmation with an account rep who knows your business, your timeline, and your ordering patterns. The factory begins production only after you approve the final spec sheet that details box construction, door style, finish, hardware, and quantities for each SKU. This confirmation step prevents errors and ensures the cabinets match your job site requirements exactly.
For National Accounts clients ordering at high volume, the process becomes even more efficient because templates and standards are already established. Repeat specs move faster. If you are ordering the same shaker door, same paint color, same box configuration as your last three projects, confirmation takes hours, not days.
Why It Matters
Construction schedules do not tolerate cabinet errors. A wrong door style or a miscounted unit stalls an install crew, delays inspections, and pushes timelines into penalty clauses. The spec confirmation step eliminates those risks. You and Cabo agree on exactly what ships before the factory cuts a single panel. This is not bureaucracy, it is quality control built into the order process.
The human account rep also catches problems before they become expensive. If you specify a configuration that will not fit the rough opening dimensions you provided, the rep sees it during confirmation and asks the question. If your delivery date does not align with the production schedule, you know it before you commit to a framing crew. The confirmation process protects your project timeline and your budget.
How It Works
Here is the step by step sequence from initial contact to production start:
- Contact Cabo or your account representative responds to your inquiry, usually within one business day.
- Provide project details: unit count, cabinet types, door style, finish preference, delivery location, and target timeline. If you are working from architectural drawings, share those.
- Cabo prepares a preliminary specification and quote based on your requirements. This document lists every cabinet, door, finish, and hardware selection with SKU level detail.
- Review and revise the spec with your account rep. This is the time to adjust door profiles, change hardware, or modify cabinet dimensions. Most specs go through one or two revision cycles.
- Approve the final specification in writing. Cabo needs a signature or email confirmation that the spec is correct and complete.
- Submit your purchase order referencing the approved spec number. The PO formalizes the commercial terms.
- Production begins. The factory schedules your job into the production line, typically starting within days of PO receipt.
Production takes about 30 days once the spec is locked. Delivery by land to a US job site adds under seven days, so figure roughly five weeks total from confirmed spec to cabinets on your dock. That timeline is reliable because it starts only after you and Cabo agree on every detail.
What to Have Ready
The faster you can provide complete information, the faster confirmation happens. Experienced buyers come prepared with the following:
- Accurate cabinet count and layout. If you have 40 units of apartments, how many cabinets per unit? What is the total?
- Door style and finish. Shaker, slim shaker, slab, or thermofoil? Painted or stained? If painted, a color reference or sample accelerates the match.
- Box construction preference: framed or frameless, RTA or fully assembled.
- Delivery address and any site access restrictions. A high rise downtown needs different logistics than a suburban development.
- Your target timeline. When does the install crew arrive? When do you need cabinets on site?
If you are a National Accounts client working on multiple similar projects, Cabo can templatize your standard spec. Order number two uses the same spec as order number one unless you request changes. That eliminates redundant confirmation cycles and shortens the time from PO to production start. High volume buyers ordering 8,000 units a month of capacity benefit most from this streamlined repeat order process.