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<center><span style="color:orange;"><h3>Where stakeholders in Canada, the United States, and Mexico redesign our industrial systems for sustainable life.</h3></span></center>
= <center>Where stakeholders in Canada, the United States, and Mexico design sustainable industrial systems that work for everyone.</center> =


OnTrackNorthAmerica has launched the Continental Action Plans for Sustainable Industry (CAPSI), a transformative initiative that unites professional stakeholders in redesigning industries to achieve both economic prosperity and environmental sustainability.
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At the heart of CAPSI are our Industry Action Plans (IAPs), with VitalRail serving as our pioneering initiative. VitalRail focuses on optimizing railroad infrastructure as the backbone of an integrated, balanced multimodal transportation network.
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=====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 must redesign its fragmented industrial systems.  


===== Our Collaborative Approach =====
=====Why do we need to meet this head-on?=====
CAPSI's success relies on genuine collaboration across sectors. We employ a proven inquiry-based methodology that facilitates:
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?=====
IntelliSynthesis brings stakeholders together to solve problems that single organizations cannot, powering OnTrackNorthAmerica's Industrial Systems Initiatives. Collaborative Industrial Optimization aligns competing interests around shared objectives that unlock profitable, sustainable growth.


* Comprehensive information gathering
These methodologies drive real initiatives: '''VitalRail''' expands continental rail infrastructure. '''RE-FOREST''' creates sustainable forestry supply chains. '''RE-STEM''' optimizes essential minerals logistics. '''RE-GLASS''' transforms glass manufacturing and transport. Each demonstrates how freight rail expansion unlocks opportunities across interconnected industries.
* Innovative brainstorming
* Actionable decision-making among diverse stakeholder groups


Through this collaborative process, we address the fragmentation in our industrial systems—from natural resources and agriculture to production, distribution, consumption, and recycling.
Explore our Industrial Systems Initiatives or visit the Curriculum section to understand the methodologies that make it work.


===== Leadership Experience =====
===== Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica! =====
OnTrackNorthAmerica brings over 30 years of infrastructure advisory expertise spanning 45 states and Canadian provinces. This extensive experience provides the foundation for our work in creating more sustainable, efficient industrial frameworks across North America.
[[OTNA Curriculum|{{Clickable button|<big>Next steps for learning more</big>}}]]
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== What do we mean by industrial systems? ==
Industrial systems encompass the comprehensive network of commercial activities, policy frameworks, and planning processes that enable the delivery of materials and products essential for modern civilization. These systems extend far beyond manufacturing facilities to include:


* Resource extraction and processing
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* Supply chain management and logistics
=====Current IntelliConferences=====
* Distribution networks and transportation infrastructure
'''[[VitalRail/IntelliConferences/Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merger|Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merger IntelliConference]]'''
* Consumer access and utilization
=====In-Gear Initiatives=====
* End-of-life considerations including recycling, repurposing, and disposal
'''[[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.


===== The Interconnected Nature of Industry =====
See [[Collaborative Industrial Optimization]].
What distinguishes truly effective industrial systems is their connectivity. The interactions and transitions between facilities—the movement of materials, information, and energy across properties—often prove as critical as the operations within individual locations themselves.
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These interconnections determine overall system efficiency, resilience, and environmental impact. By recognizing industrial systems as holistic networks rather than isolated facilities, we gain the perspective needed to optimize performance across economic, social, and ecological dimensions.<h2>What do we mean by redesign?</h2>
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Redesigning industrial systems through our [[Collaborative Industrial Optimization]] framework transforms fragmented supply chains into cohesive, sustainable networks through a stakeholder-driven process that respects existing investments while boldly reimagining infrastructure placement and connectivity. This approach begins with establishing shared goals and performance metrics, then progresses to strategic reconfiguration—as demonstrated in our mineral supply chain work, where we optimize the positioning of extraction, manufacturing, and recycling facilities to maximize efficiency and minimize environmental impact. Beyond physical infrastructure, our redesign process addresses the crucial human dimension by creating compelling incentives that align individual and organizational success with system-wide sustainability, ensuring that technical solutions are supported by the social and behavioral changes needed for lasting transformation.. 


<h2>Who are the stakeholders?</h2>
====<big>OnTrackNorthAmerica</big>====
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 invite additional stakeholders throughout North America to work towards complete representation from all sectors: academia, advocacy, business, community, funders, government, labor, and media.


<h2>How do we work together as stakeholders?</h2>
We convene stakeholders in IntelliConference Series® forums that apply IntelliSynthesis®, our breakthrough question-and-response dialogue method, for efficient input from large groups of diverse stakeholders. In IntelliSynthesis we invite participants from all sectors in a given system or region to ensure representation of all perspectives. Each participant agrees to read and timely 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. Planning transitions into action planning and decision-making. The IntelliConference Series® and IntelliSynthesis® processes are explained in greater detail elsewhere on this website. 


<h2>What do we mean by sustainability?</h2>
<big>'''1700 Sansom Street, Suite 701'''
Sustainability of life is the long-lasting, harmonious co-existence of our economies, humans and nature.


<h2>What is a Continental Action Plan?</h2>
'''Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA'''
“Continental” includes Canada, the United States, and Mexico, which already engage in extensive cross-border commerce and can greatly benefit from improved coordination. Action Plans specific to each industrial system or geography integrate with all other plans, emerging from a process that produces results immediately, distinct from static reports and studies that typically sit on a shelf.
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'''Phone: +1 215-564-3004'''


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Latest revision as of 15:23, 12 January 2026

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 must 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?

IntelliSynthesis brings stakeholders together to solve problems that single organizations cannot, powering OnTrackNorthAmerica's Industrial Systems Initiatives. Collaborative Industrial Optimization aligns competing interests around shared objectives that unlock profitable, sustainable growth.

These methodologies drive real initiatives: VitalRail expands continental rail infrastructure. RE-FOREST creates sustainable forestry supply chains. RE-STEM optimizes essential minerals logistics. RE-GLASS transforms glass manufacturing and transport. Each demonstrates how freight rail expansion unlocks opportunities across interconnected industries.

Explore our Industrial Systems Initiatives or visit the Curriculum section to understand the methodologies that make it work.

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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