ApproveThis manages your Space by Zapier Integration approvals.

When Launch Coordination Meets Approval Automation

Let’s be real – coordinating space launches (or any high-stakes project) feels like herding cats. You’ve got engineers tweaking specs, marketing teams polishing announcements, and finance folks sweating over budgets. Meanwhile, approval requests get lost in Slack threads, buried under reply-all emails, or stuck in someone’s vacation inbox. This is where ApproveThis and Space by Zapier become your secret weapon.

ApproveThis handles the messy human part of approvals – routing decisions to the right people, chasing deadlines, keeping records. Space by Zapier gives you a control center for tracking launch schedules. Connect them through Zapier, and you’ve just turned a chaotic process into something that actually works.

What Happens When You Stop Playing Approval Hot Potato

Most companies we work with discover two problems: 1) Their approval process is slower than a satellite in low orbit, and 2) Nobody has visibility into who’s holding things up. Here’s how this integration fixes both:

For the Team Scheduling Launches

Space by Zapier tells you when launches are happening. ApproveThis handles the who and how of getting sign-offs. Example: A defense contractor schedules a rocket test in Space. Zapier automatically creates an approval request in ApproveThis that routes to the safety lead, legal team, and CFO. If the CFO is out? Vacation delegation pushes it to their deputy. Budget exceeds $2M? Approval thresholds auto-escalate to the board member.

For Cross-Functional Teams

Marketing needs to approve press releases. Engineering needs to greenlight technical specs. Procurement has to sign off on vendor contracts. All these approvals get triggered automatically when a new launch is added to Space. No more “Did you email the updated doc to Jim?” or “Who’s covering for Sarah this week?”

Real Companies, Real Time Saved

Let’s break this out of theory-land. Here’s how specific teams use the integration:

Aerospace Manufacturers

Problem: Compliance approvals for engine tests were taking 11 days on average. New launches in Space by Zapier now trigger multi-step ApproveThis workflows: Safety team → Legal → FAA compliance officer. Calculated fields auto-flag if thrust levels exceed previous tests, adding an extra engineering review step. Result: 62% faster approvals.

Tech Startups

Problem: Missed deadlines because investor sign-offs on launch dates got stuck in email. Now, subscribing to a launch in Space creates an approval request with embedded financial projections and go-to-market plans. Investors approve via email (no app login needed). Real-time dashboards show exactly which VCs are dragging their feet.

Industrial Equipment Suppliers

Problem: Last-minute changes to component launch specs caused version control nightmares. Now, any subscribed launch update in Space triggers re-approval workflows in ApproveThis. The kicker? Approval groups require consensus from both quality control and the client’s engineering lead before proceeding.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

If you can set up a Slack channel, you can build this integration. Here’s the 30-second version:

1. Create a Zapier account (free tier works)
2. Choose “New Launch” in Space by Zapier as your trigger
3. Select ApproveThis as your action app
4. Map the launch details to your approval template fields
5. Test with a dummy launch (name it “Test – Ignore” so you don’t panic the team)

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis’ calculated fields to auto-populate risk scores based on launch payload weight or orbit altitude. Escalate high-risk approvals automatically.

Why Your CFO Will Actually Love This

Finance teams care about two things: Not blowing budgets and audit trails. When a subscribed launch in Space triggers an approval request, ApproveThis can:

• Attach budget impact forecasts using calculated fields
• Require sequential approvals based on cost thresholds ($50k → Manager, $500k → VP, $5M → Board)
• Auto-archive approved requests with full timestamps and comments

Translation: No more “Who approved this?!” during audit season.

What You Can’t Do (And Why That’s Good)

This integration isn’t magic fairy dust. You still need to:

• Define clear approval rules in ApproveThis (don’t worry – their templates are idiot-proof)
• Keep your Space launch calendar updated (garbage in = garbage out)
• Actually train teams to stop using email for approvals (old habits die hard)

The upside? Once it’s running, you’ll wonder how you managed launches without it. Late-night “APPROVE PLZ!!” emails become a bad memory. Launch delays from approval bottlenecks drop by half. And you get to be the person who fixed the process everyone hated.

Ready to Stop Being an Approval Middleman?

ApproveThis isn’t another tool – it’s your exit strategy from being the human router of PDFs and spreadsheets. When paired with Space by Zapier, you’re basically giving your team a 10x productivity boost for launch coordination.

Next steps:

1. Grab an ApproveThis trial (takes 3 minutes)
2. Connect it to your Space by Zapier account via Zapier
3. Build your first approval workflow – start with something simple like press release approvals
4. Watch as your team actually sticks to launch timelines for once

Or, if you’d rather see it in action first, book a 15-minute demo. We’ll show you how a manufacturing company cut their launch approval cycles from 3 weeks to 4 days using these exact tools.