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<center><h3> Welcome to a unique website that allows <u>'''you'''</u> to work with other leaders to develop plans that can be used immediately – to make our industrial systems more efficient, sustainable, and profitable for all concerned. </h3></center>
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CAPSI enables stakeholders in Canada, the United States, and Mexico to create Continental Action Plans for Sustainable Industry – in effect, redesigning our industrial systems for sustainable life. CAPSI employs innovative principles and tools, including Wikipedia's open-source software and IntelliSynthesis®, an inquiry-based methodology for efficiently gathering collective intelligence into productive solutions. The conception of CAPSI is informed by 30 years of infrastructure advisory work on projects and systems in 45 states and Canadian provinces. Together, we will redesign our fragmented industrial systems from natural resources, agriculture, and raw materials to production, consumption, and recycling. We will improve the use of railroads, trucks, and waterways to create a balanced multimodal transportation network. This is the breakthrough society needs to solve the urgent challenge of expanding economic vitality while preserving our environment.
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== What do we mean by industrial systems? ==
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We use the term “industrial systems” to encompass the complete set of commercial, policy, and planning activities involved in delivering materials and products for modern civilization’s survival and satisfaction. Industrial systems include all inputs and impacts, including land use, transportation, recycling, and disposal. What occurs between properties is often as significant as what happens at a property.


<h2>What do we mean by redesign?</h2>
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Redesigning industrial systems means working together to find and employ ways to increase efficiency and reduce the negative impacts of an industrial system. It begins with stakeholders establishing collective goals and pragmatic measures while recognizing the reality of prior strategies and investments. Redesigning may require the sensible reconstruction, repurposing, and/or relocation of some facilities. For instance, to create the most effective strategic mineral supply chain, we would intentionally locate lithium mines, battery plants, vehicle factories, and recycling facilities to optimize systemwide logistics. We call this design process “[[Collaborative Industrial Optimization]].” Redesigning also calls for an inspiring evolution of the human element by incentivizing organizations and individuals to contribute to systemwide sustainability.  
=====We have a challenge ahead of us.=====
Our industrial systems are not optimized for sustainability or profitability. The truth is, neither marketplace dynamics nor vested interest lobbying lead to smart supply chains. From natural resources and agriculture to production, consumption, and recycling, our society can redesign its fragmented industrial systems.  


<h2>Who are the stakeholders?</h2>
=====Why do we need to meet this head-on?=====
You are all stakeholders, along with everyone involved in or directly affected by our industrial systems. Developing Action Plans for Sustainable Industries requires complete stakeholder representation. OnTrackNorthAmerica has already cataloged over 32,000 stakeholders across North America’s industrial, political, and geographic landscape. And for each Action Plan process we initiate, we will invite additional stakeholders throughout North America to work towards complete representation from all sectors: Academia, Advocacy, Business, Community, Funders, Government, Labor, and Media.  
Civilization on a resource-limited planet cannot thrive without a new level of thinking, planning, and investing. Right now, we are missing out on crucial opportunities to improve efficiency, sustainability, and profits.
=====How does OnTrackNorthAmerica address this problem?=====
OnTrackNorthAmerica provides the forum and methodology for stakeholders to co-create smart policies, plans, and investments. Our approach advances profitable projects within integrated corridors, regions, and industrial systems. This wiki-based platform, powered by our IntelliConference® dialogue system, enables stakeholders to resolve long-standing issues and orchestrate progress—with particular focus on expanding freight rail service to key industries and transport modes. We invite you and all stakeholders across industry, government, and community to contribute to this collective intelligence. Join us in building commerce and industry that achieves long-lasting profitability, sustainability, and quality of life.  


<h2>How do we convene stakeholders?</h2>
===== Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica! =====
We convene stakeholders in IntelliConference® forums that apply IntelliSynthesis®, our breakthrough question-and-response dialogue method, for efficient input from large groups of diverse stakeholders. We invite participants from all relevant sectors in a given system or region to ensure representation of all perspectives. Each participant agrees to periodically read and respond to rounds of questions. The facilitation team creates and shares a digest of each round of responses, saving participants time. Outlier perspectives are considered for the value they may offer the group. The IntelliConference® and IntelliSynthesis® processes are explained in greater detail elsewhere on this website. 
[[OTNA Curriculum|{{Clickable button|<big>Next steps for learning more</big>}}]]
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<h2>What do we mean by sustainable life?</h2>
Sustainable life is the long-lasting, harmonious co-existence of humans and nature.


<h2>What is a Continental Action Plan?</h2>
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“Continental” includes Canada, the United States, and Mexico, which already engage in extensive cross-border commerce and can greatly benefit from improved coordination. Some of the Action Plans we produce will be more limited in scope, specific to an industrial system that occurs entirely within a single country or region. All the action plans will emerge from a process that produces results immediately, distinct from static reports and studies that typically sit on a shelf.<h2><big><b>[[Continental Action Plan for Sustainable Industry|Enter the Continental Action Plan]]-Prepare to Contribute</b></big></h2>
=====Current IntelliConferences=====
'''[[Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merger IntelliConference]]'''
=====In-Gear Initiatives=====
'''[[VitalRail]]'''
=====Latest News=====
Our founder, Michael Sussman, spoke at the Ottawa, CA gathering of [https://ciltna.com/ The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport North America] and met with the Canadian government to discuss raising supply chain planning to the level of whole industrial systems.  
 
See [[Collaborative Industrial Optimization]].  
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Latest revision as of 17:48, 4 December 2025

Where stakeholders in Canada, the United States, and Mexico design sustainable industrial systems that work for everyone.

We have a challenge ahead of us.

Our industrial systems are not optimized for sustainability or profitability. The truth is, neither marketplace dynamics nor vested interest lobbying lead to smart supply chains. From natural resources and agriculture to production, consumption, and recycling, our society can redesign its fragmented industrial systems.

Why do we need to meet this head-on?

Civilization on a resource-limited planet cannot thrive without a new level of thinking, planning, and investing. Right now, we are missing out on crucial opportunities to improve efficiency, sustainability, and profits.

How does OnTrackNorthAmerica address this problem?

OnTrackNorthAmerica provides the forum and methodology for stakeholders to co-create smart policies, plans, and investments. Our approach advances profitable projects within integrated corridors, regions, and industrial systems. This wiki-based platform, powered by our IntelliConference® dialogue system, enables stakeholders to resolve long-standing issues and orchestrate progress—with particular focus on expanding freight rail service to key industries and transport modes. We invite you and all stakeholders across industry, government, and community to contribute to this collective intelligence. Join us in building commerce and industry that achieves long-lasting profitability, sustainability, and quality of life.

Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica!

Next steps for learning more


Current IntelliConferences

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merger IntelliConference

In-Gear Initiatives

VitalRail

Latest News

Our founder, Michael Sussman, spoke at the Ottawa, CA gathering of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport North America and met with the Canadian government to discuss raising supply chain planning to the level of whole industrial systems.

See Collaborative Industrial Optimization.

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