Transora.com, the eMarketplace for the consumer packaged goods industry, and GlobalNetXchange (GNX), the business-to-business online marketplace for the retail industry, announced this week the joint formation of a "megahub". The collaboration intends to enable companies to collaborate with multiple trading partners via a single exchange connection. Beginning immediately, the megahub claims to support exchange-to-exchange interoperability that will facilitate cross-value chain applications such as joint promotions management, Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR®) and other services betweenmember companies. Judy Sprieser, Transora's chiefexecutive officer commented, "Interoperability between exchanges is the only way to make the promise of the Internet a reality for businesses ".
