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>> about three years ago, i undertook a fairly massive remodeling project. >> i had been through the terror and frustration of doing a couple of bathrooms. >> we had german faucets, an american bathtub, italian tile, and here we are sitting there trying to figure out how to put all these parts and pieces together that were not standardized or thought through in any way. >> i was walking down the street literally with a sink with my wife trying to go to three different stores to match it up with the tile she wanted. >> i said, there has to be a more efficient way to put a bathroom together than...

Savings in the cost, time is money in contracting. >> reporter: john and bill say that big manufacturers are starting to take notice of this new supply chain approach. they see it as an alternative distribution channel to the big-box stores which control much of the industry. >> the manufacturers see bath simple as a way to open up a whole new channel for how they sell their product. they're stuck in the home depot/lowe's channel which is a big channel, but it's a low-margin, you know -- it's dangerous to have one big customer. we sell to the contractors out there, and they get it very quickly...

And here we are sitting there trying to figure out how to put all these parts and pieces together that were not standardized or thought through in any way. >> i was walking down the street with a sink with my wife trying to go to three different stores to match it up with the tile she wanted. >> i said there has to be a more efficient way to put a bathroom together than this. >> there had to be a better way than that. >> those words, there had to be a better way, launched a new business for these two california-based entrepreneurs. >> we want to schedule all of these groups. >> john crowley, a...

All these parts and pieces together that were not standardized or thought through in any way. >> i was walking down the street with a sink with my wife trying to go to three different stores to match it up with the tile she wanted. >> i said there has to be a more efficient way to put a bathroom together than this. >> there had to be a better way than that. >> those words, there had to be a better way, launched a new business for these two california-based entrepreneurs. >> we want to schedule all of these groups. >> john crowley, a construction systems engineer and bill hutcher a former wall ...

Owner of the bay area canyon construction, that means nothing is missing, and, therefore, no lost time and no expensive delays. >> it definitely results in a savings in the cost. time is money in contracting. >> what we're talking about is mass customization and i would say what we're doing in the bathroom is not dissimilar from what dell does with pcs. dell basically let's you define your pc configuration, and they make it. they have parts on the shelf. they aaggragate and ship i want to you within a week. >> they to see it as an alternate distribution channel. >> the manufacturers to see bat...