ApproveThis manages your Timesheet by Dovico Integration approvals.

Let’s be real – approval processes suck. They’re the traffic jam of modern business operations. Someone submits a timesheet, an expense report, or a client onboarding request… and then it sits. And sits. Meanwhile, your team’s stuck refreshing their inboxes or playing phone tag with accounting. But what if you could make approvals actually work instead of being the bottleneck everyone hates?

Why This Combo Doesn’t Just Work – It Wins

ApproveThis and Timesheet by Dovico are like the espresso shot your approval workflows need. Dovico handles the nitty-gritty of tracking billable hours and project costs, while ApproveThis cuts through the red tape of getting things signed off. Together through Zapier, they turn “Where’s my approval?!” into “Already handled it.”

Here’s the kicker: Approvers don’t need a Dovico license. Your external clients can approve invoices without logging into yet another system. Your finance team doesn’t get stuck explaining timesheet software to department heads. Everybody stays in their lane while the tools handle the grunt work.

Real-World Fixes for Teams Who Actually Get Stuff Done

1. Consulting Firms: Stop Letting Expenses Kill Your Margins

Picture this: Your consultants log expenses in Dovico for client projects. Normally, these would get lost in accounting’s backlog. But with the integration, ApproveThis automatically:

• Flags expenses over $1K for CFO review
• Routes client-billable costs to project managers

A Chicago IT consulting firm used this to cut expense approval time from 6 days to 8 hours. Their secret sauce? Approval thresholds that auto-approve small expenses but escalate big ones.

2. Marketing Agencies: Bill Clients Without the Awkward “We Worked How Many Hours?!” Convo

Time tracking meets approval accountability. When creatives log hours in Dovico:

• Project leads get instant ApproveThis requests
• Overtime alerts ping department heads

A 45-person ad agency in Austin eliminated 80% of client billing disputes by showing pre-approved time entries. No more “Why did this take 12 hours?” emails at midnight.

3. Scaling Startups: Onboard Teams Without HR Headaches

New hire in Dovico? ApproveThis automatically pings IT for equipment approvals, facilities for desk setup, and managers for first-day schedules. A SaaS company onboarded 22 reps in Q1 without a single “Where’s my laptop?” ticket.

4. Manufacturing Teams: Client Approvals That Don’t Slow Production

New client in Dovico triggers ApproveThis workflows for:

• Credit checks (finance team)
• Project specs (engineering)
• NDA sign-offs (legal)

An industrial equipment manufacturer cut client onboarding from 3 weeks to 4 days by running parallel approvals.

Features You’ll Actually Use (No Bloatware Here)

We’re not here to sell you AI buzzwords. These are the tools that make the integration stick:

Approval Thresholds: Auto-approve small expenses but flag anything over $5K. Because your CFO doesn’t need to sign off on coffee runs.

Vacation Coverage: Approver out? Requests automatically reroute to their backup. No more “Sorry, I was OOO” delays.

Email Approvals: Let execs approve directly from Outlook. Zero learning curve, 100% compliance.

Setting It Up So Even Your Busiest Team Can Handle It

1. Connect Timesheet by Dovico and ApproveThis in Zapier (takes 2 minutes)
2. Pick your trigger: New time entry, expense, client, etc.
3. Map Dovico fields to ApproveThis’ request form
4. Set approval rules: Who needs to sign off? What’s the SLA?

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis’ calculated fields to auto-flag entries that exceed project budgets. Because math > manual checks.

Who Gets the Most Mileage (No Fluff Use Cases)

Finance Teams: Approve expense reports against budgets in real time. No more end-of-month surprises.

HR Managers: Onboard new hires with cross-department approvals that actually finish before day one.

Project Leads: Get client sign-offs on hours before invoices go out. Because “trust me” isn’t a billing strategy.

The Bottom Line That Actually Matters

This isn’t about chasing “efficiency” metrics. It’s about:

• Clients paying invoices faster because there’s no billing drama
• Employees not wasting 3 hours a week chasing approvals
• Managers finally having visibility without micromanaging

ApproveThis + Dovico via Zapier works because it’s boringly reliable. No flashy dashboards, just approvals that don’t make people want to throw their laptop.

Cool – How Do I Stop the Approval Madness?

If you’ve read this far, you’ve got two options:

Option 1: Keep doing what you’re doing. Your team loves playing approval tag, right?

Option 2: Try ApproveThis free for 14 days. Connect it to Dovico in an afternoon. Actually hit those project deadlines for once.

P.S. Our demos take 20 minutes and won’t put you on some spam list. Book a slot if you’d rather see it live.