Help deciding between BPM and Business Workflow

Hi All,
We are in the phase of deciding which tool to use for SAP Application systems from Workflow and Business Rules Engine Point of view.
We recommended SAP Business Workflow + BRF+ for that.
But SAP Business Workflow is not having monitoring UI as good as SAP BPM.
So we are planning to propose the solution using SAP BPM instead of SAP Workflow.
Our main requirement is HR Org structure data fetching and it is achievable with SAP BPM what I have studied so far.
My question to the experts is whether SAP BPM can be integrated with SAP BRF+?
Thanks in advance
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Check out the following article, which provides a good overview of both solutions and gives guidance when to use what:
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/a0bf9a3a-c607-2f10-3f82-cdeff15b7ce4?QuickLink=index&…
The biggest difference (besides the underlying technology stack) is that by modeling processes in BPMN, business users gain transparency and become more involved in BPM projects, leading to better results.
btw, SAP BPM is in the market for 5 years now and has more than one thousand productive customers.

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