BPM ws ECC workflow

HI All,
I ahve to develop a scenario for Customer Creation where a form needs to route multiple people for various approvals. can I develop these workflows with BPM or I ahve to sue ECC workflows?
I am confused here, what is BPM and ECC workflow? can I use BPM instead of ECC workflow?
If I use BPM, does it self has workflows or still we need to build these ECC and map it to BPM?
I am really confused , please help me to understand bit more on this.
Thanks
Krish

Hi Krishna,
The approach would be based on where you are mastering the Data for Customer Master:
- Is it MDM for global data & Local data?
- MDM maintaining only global data?
You may also choose to use the MDM workflows for the approval process based on the requirements, but there are certain limitations.
If you use BPM Workflows then you can span it over multiple SAP and Non SAP systems and it provides several enhancements as compared to other workflows.
You may refer to the BPM Use Case Wiki for more details on scenarios.
Hope this helps!!
Cheers,
Arafat

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