surveyed 246 enterprises from 64 countries during 2011 and found that companies do not take time to identify costs and potential cost savings, and therefore find it difficult to measure the overall financial impact.This equates to benefits not being realised.

The report highlighted that 27 percent of respondents realised only 31-50 per cent of projected benefits; 17 percent realised 0-30 percent of projected benefits; 4 percent stated that they had not experienced any measurable benefits; and 2 percent said that they had not put a business case together.

The availability of information was the main benefit noticed by organisations (75 percent), followed by increased interaction (60 percent) and improved lead times (38 percent).

Enterprises were least impressed with improved supplier interaction, with only 23 percent citing it as a benefit.

Panorama states that to improve on these unfavourable results, orgnisations need to put together solid business cases that better identify the overall return on investment.