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Welcome to the breakthrough strategy for sustainable economic vitality of key industries across the continent.

It's called the Continental Action Plan for Sustainable Industry. The Industry Action Plans we are developing will create efficient, profitable, and sustainable industrial systems.

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Industry Action Plans make that possible.

OnTrackNorthAmerica is convening entire industries to focus on solving problems though collaboration.

Supply Chain Optimization
  • Single Industry Focus
  • Single-company Logistics
  • Short-Term Plan
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Collaborative Industrial Optimization
  • Cross-Industry System Focus
  • Multi-company Logistics
  • Long-Term Plan

We use strategic thinking to help industrial sectors transform from operating in narrow silos with sometimes conflicting goals.

Our Action Plans enable stakeholders to redesign entire industrial systems and supply chains for efficiency, value creation, sustainability, and environmental benefits.

They aren’t static documents that gather dust. They are ongoing and evolving engagement records that adapt to change.

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Our first action plan places rail in greater service to industrial progress.

VitalRail

The need and opportunity for railroad development to address transportation efficiency and environmental challenges has never been greater. VitalRail is informed by the real challenges and benefits of growing an industry as integral as railroads.

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How Do We Get Stakeholders to Agree?

IntelliConferences are large-scale, multi-stakeholder dialogues that are transparent and efficient.

They represent a novel approach to solving intractable problems using human intelligence.

Through iterative, inquiry-based conversations and synthesis, stakeholders drill down into the details to uncover barriers and develop new opportunities for progress.

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“Increased federal and private infrastructure spending is exacerbating the inefficiencies in our supply chains. We need to think and invest at a multidimensional level that guides where we site new facilities, how we transport goods, and where we move material to and from. Our only path to sustainability is to move as much freight by rail as is logical in better coordination with trucks. Rebalancing our multimodal freight system will deliver cascading benefits to the broader economy and the environment. That requires rethinking supply chainsclear metrics, and inclusive dialogue.”

--Michael Sussman, President of OTNA

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