45 - Re-localizing Supply Chains with Hello Baru and Olczak Group
From Constructive by Seth Kalkman
November 2, 2025 · 30 min · Season 1 · Episode 45
About this episode
This episode explores how Tino Go and Zack Olzcack are disrupting the cabinet industry by re-localizing supply chains and improving construction efficiency.
How does a creative artist become a CFO, and then completely disrupt the $20 billion cabinet industry? Find out on this special in-person episode of Constructive, recorded live at the Olzac Group offices! Join your host as he sits down with Tino Go of HelloBaru and Zack Olzcack of Olzac Group/Olzac Build to unpack a massive shift in construction efficiency. Tino Go, a self-described "reformed CFO" , reveals his plan to "deglobalize or relocalize supply chains" to recover up to 40% of the revenue value typically wasted on distribution. It all started when he tried to buy a simple bookcase and found the process "medieval"! In this episode, you’ll discover: How thousands of underused CNC machines across the country are the key to building a "virtual factory" for on-demand, localized manufacturing. The inefficiency of the current $20 billion cabinet industry and how the new model is selling at "essentially half of market price" . The true meaning of "efficiency as inherently ethical" and why eliminating waste is conserving more than just materials. Why the architecture and design-build process is fundamentally wasteful and…
People in this episode
Host: Seth Kalkman
Guests: Tino Go, Zack Olzcack
Topics covered
- supply chain
- construction efficiency
- local manufacturing
- cabinet industry
- CNC machines
- waste reduction
- design-build process
Keywords
- supply chains
- construction
- efficiency
- CNC machines
- localization
- waste
- cabinet industry
- manufacturing
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hello Baru, Olczak Group, Olczak Build
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