Purchase Requisition Workflow - Organizational Plan required?

Hi,
We are implementing purchase requisition workflow.
Based on what I have read, it says that the workflow table (table V_T16FW) and SAP HR-PA-OM (organizational plan) must be set up to support the solution.
Question: If we are routing the workflow to a UserID, i.e. Object Type = US (and not an HR data object like Position or Job), do we require an Organizational Plan to be also set up?
Cheers,

Thanks so much for your response.
What about assigning tasks to users, etc. that is usually done in org plan, correct? If object type US is only used, I assume this is not required either?
Also, what is the benefit of using Object type = 'S', i.e. position? At my company, most of the time, when people leave, the position is deleted and a new one is created (there are a couple reasons for this), which means, even if we did use positions, the workflow table would still need to be maintained everytime a person leaves/joins the company (I understand if only the user to position mapping changes, then it makes sense to use positions, and therefore the workflow table stays constant, and only the user to position mapping changes). Are there any other benefits of using S instead of US?
Also, is it possible to NOT use a workflow table, and ONLY define an organizational plan? I was thinking to activate user exit M06B0001, and perhaps ONLY maintain an org plan, and use this to determine approver, rather than maintaining both MM workflow table and SAP Organizational Plan (HR-PA-OM). Bottom line, we want to maintain as little data as possible.
Your thoughts?
Cheers

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