Being that they are an ID company, consumers want orders shipped as fast as possible preferably within a 24hr-48hr time period. So assembling your highest demand products to order does not make any sense. You would want inventory to resemble JIT. However, audiobytes might not be one of those. It seems they have a certain supply on hand of stock finished products because in my experience, having speakers shipped out even within the same day when ordered, is the most plausible.
The custom finishes is another thing. Since there is an up to multiple week wait time period, those are built and assembled to order.
