ApproveThis manages your Order Time Integration approvals.

When Approval Processes Meet Inventory Management

Let's be real - nobody got into business to chase down signatures for purchase orders or play phone tag about inventory requests. Yet here we are, with teams wasting 12 hours a month on approval bottlenecks according to recent data. That's why pairing ApproveThis with Order Time isn't just convenient - it's a straight-up productivity hack for mid-sized companies.

Order Time handles the heavy lifting of inventory control and order management. ApproveThis cuts through the approval gridlock. Together? They create closed-loop workflows where purchasing decisions automatically trigger approvals, and approved requests directly update inventory systems. No more spreadsheets flying between departments. No more "I thought you signed off on that?" meetings.

How This Duo Works Better Than Coffee

Here's the breakdown: Order Time keeps your inventory numbers straight and integrates with your accounting stack. ApproveThis handles the human decision-making part without requiring approvers to log into yet another system. Through Zapier, these two platforms shake hands to create some seriously slick automations.

Key advantage? ApproveThis approvers don't need Order Time licenses. Your external vendors can approve purchase orders via email without getting access to your full inventory system. Internal teams only touch what matters to them. Everybody wins.

Real-World Workflows That Don't Suck

1. Purchase Orders That Actually Move

Manufacturing companies live and die by inventory levels. Let's say your production team needs 500 widgets STAT. They create a purchase request in Order Time. Zapier automatically kicks off an ApproveThis workflow that:

• Routes to the plant manager if under $5K (using approval thresholds)
• Escalates to CFO for bigger spends
• Auto-reassigns if the approver's on vacation (thanks to delegation)

Once approved, Order Time inventory updates in real time. No back-and-forth emails. No "the system didn't show it as approved" excuses.

2. Vendor Onboarding That Doesn't Embarrass You

Wholesale distributors: this one's for you. New vendor application in Order Time? Triggers an ApproveThis workflow that:

• Checks credit terms against your risk thresholds (calculated fields)
• Requires consensus from procurement and legal
• Automatically updates the vendor record once approved

Bonus: Your legal team approves via email without needing to log into Order Time. Less friction = faster onboarding.

3. Inventory Restocks That Keep Pace

Retailers hate empty shelves. Set up automated reorder points in Order Time that trigger approval workflows for:

- Bulk order discounts requiring manager sign-off
- Specialty items needing buyer validation
- Cross-department budget approvals

Approvers see real-time inventory levels and sales velocity data in the approval request. Decisions get made with context, not guesswork.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Here's the beauty part - you're not building some fragile custom integration. With Zapier, it's three steps:

1. Connect Order Time to Zapier
2. Hook up ApproveThis
3. Set your triggers ("When X happens in Order Time...") and actions ("Then do Y in ApproveThis...")

Pro tip: Start with one workflow - like purchase order approvals. Get that humming, then expand to vendor management or custom orders. Most teams see ROI within two weeks.

Who Benefits Most (Besides Your Sanity)

Finance Teams

Enforce approval chains without being the bad guy. Approval thresholds auto-route based on amount. Calculated fields flag risky terms. Real-time audit trails make month-end closes less hellish.

Operations Managers

See inventory requests move from "pending" to "approved" to "ordered" in one dashboard. Set conditional logic so rush orders skip layers of bureaucracy. Automatic delegation means vacations don't bottleneck shipments.

Sales Teams

Custom order approvals happen before promising clients the moon. Client-specific pricing gets reviewed by the right people instantly. No more losing deals because approvals took too long.

Why This Isn't Just Another Integration

Most approval tools make you choose between flexibility and control. ApproveThis gives both. When paired with Order Time's inventory depth, you get workflows that actually understand business context:

- Approval groups that adapt to shifting team structures
- Conditional routing based on real inventory data
- Email approvals that don't require app logins
- Automatic status updates back to Order Time

It's the difference between having a map and having a GPS - both show the route, but one actually gets you there faster.

The Bottom Line

If your approval processes still look like this:
Employee → Email → Manager → Email → Accounting → Spreadsheet → Order Time
You're bleeding time and money.

With ApproveThis and Order Time:
Order Time → Auto-approval workflow → Decision → Updated inventory

Companies using both report 40% faster approval cycles and 30% fewer inventory errors. Not bad for a setup that takes an afternoon.

Ready to Stop Being a Human Routing Bot?

ApproveThis plays nice with Order Time through Zapier - no coding required. Set up your first workflow in under an hour, or schedule a demo to see how other teams killed their approval bottlenecks.

Pro tip: Start with your most painful approval process. You know the one - where you can literally feel your lifespan shortening every time it comes up. Fix that first. Thank yourself later.