Customizing a standard/seeded workflow

Hello Friends,
I have a requirement to customize the standard workflow - PO Requisition Approval.
Now , in case if i want to create a new item type , it seems that i have to copy each element (attributes, processes, notifications , messages , lookup etc) into the new item type which is a tedious activity.Any other way out?
Another way is create a new process by copying the main process (which gets called) and customize it under the same 'Item type' but is there any chance of loosing these changes in case of upgrade/patch since we are using the seeded Item type.
What is the recommended/best way to customize the standard workflow.
Plase suggest , thanks !!
Regards,
Amit

Please see if these docs help.
How to create a custom copy of the seeded Purchasing PO Approval Workflow POAPPRV [ID 1270010.1]
How do you create a custom Workflow and get it to appear under the 'Identifier' column in Define Approval Style Form? [ID 338758.1]
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Hussein

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