ApproveThis manages your Inventory Shield Integration approvals.

Why These Two Apps Together?

Let's cut through the corporate BS: approvals suck. Especially when you're managing physical assets across multiple locations. That's where pairing ApproveThis (your approval sherpa) with Inventory Shield (your inventory watchdog) creates something actually useful.

Inventory Shield does the heavy lifting of tracking equipment across warehouses, retail sites, or field operations. ApproveThis handles the political nightmare of getting three people to sign off on a new forklift purchase. Together through Zapier, they automatically kick off approval processes when inventory changes happen and update your systems once decisions are made. No more spreadsheets getting lost in Slack.

The kicker? Approvers only need ApproveThis access - no extra Inventory Shield licenses required. Perfect for involving external vendors or execs who just need to approve stuff, not geek out on your inventory management system.

Real-World Use Cases That Don't Put People to Sleep

Department-Specific Wins

Setup That Doesn't Require an IT Degree

1. Connect both apps to Zapier (15 minutes max)
2. Choose your trigger:
- New Inventory Shield location → ApproveThis approval request
- Approved purchase request → New Inventory Shield asset
3. Map these key fields:
- Inventory Shield location IDs → ApproveThis custom ID fields
- ApproveThis budget thresholds → Inventory Shield category tags
4. Test with a $1 test purchase or dummy location
5. Let your teams loose (with guardrails)

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis' conditional logic to route location approvals differently based on Inventory Shield's "location type" field. Retail sites go to the regional manager first, storage lockers go to facilities, etc.

Features You'll Actually Use

While other tools overpromise, here's what matters in this combo:

Email approvals that don't suck:
Approvers can reject a new inventory location directly from their Gmail. No "forgot my password" hell for your external vendors.

Vacation coverage that works:
When your plant manager takes PTO, ApproveThis automatically reassigns equipment approvals to their second-in-command. Inventory Shield shows the updated approver chain without manual updates.

Thresholds with teeth:
Auto-approve routine consumable orders under $200, but require VP sign-off for any asset impacting >5% of Inventory Shield's total asset value.

When to Consider This Combo

This isn't for everyone. If you have one warehouse and buy pens twice a year, keep using post-it notes. But if any of these hit home...

- You've had an "incident" with unapproved equipment purchases
- Physical audits regularly find assets that don't match your system
- Department heads argue about who approved what location
- You're using spreadsheets as a approval system (we see you)

...then maybe stop pretending your current process works.

Bottom Line

ApproveThis + Inventory Shield via Zapier is about eliminating two things:
1. The days-long email chains to approve a $10k asset purchase
2. The "mystery boxes" in your inventory reports

It's not sexy AI blockchain magic. It's practical automation for companies that move physical stuff and need grown-up approval chains.

Book a 15-minute demo to see how approval workflows actually work when they're not designed by robots. Or start a free trial if you're the "figure it out myself" type. Either way, stop letting approval chaos dictate your operational speed.