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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>
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You are invited to participate. Our first Industry Action Plan is VitalRail, focused on optimizing the use of railroads as the backbone of an integrated, balanced multimodal transportation network that serves all industries. Progress relies on genuine collaboration across sectors, addressing the fragmentation in our industrial systems—from natural resources and agriculture to production, distribution, consumption, and recycling.
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We employ a proven inquiry-based methodology, IntelliSynthesis®, that facilitates:
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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 can redesign its fragmented industrial systems.


* Comprehensive information gathering
=====Why do we need to meet this head-on?=====
* Innovative brainstorming
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.
* Actionable decision-making among diverse stakeholder groups
=====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.


== What do we mean by industrial systems? ==
===== Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica! =====
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. 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|"Collaborative Industrial Optimization."]] Redesigning also calls for an inspiring evolution of the human element by incentivizing organizations and individuals to contribute to systemwide sustainability. 
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<h2>Who are the stakeholders?</h2>
You are the stakeholders. Forging sustainable industries demands the collective wisdom of stakeholders across North America's vast industrial ecosystem—from corporate executives and policy makers to community leaders and frontline workers whose lives are directly shaped by these systems. OnTrackNorthAmerica has meticulously identified over 32,000 stakeholders spanning our continent's industrial, political, and geographic landscape, yet we continuously expand this network to ensure truly comprehensive representation. Each Action Plan we develop actively recruits diverse voices from eight critical sectors: academia contributing research and innovation; advocacy groups championing environmental and social concerns; businesses providing market expertise; community representatives articulating local impacts; funders enabling implementation; government officials shaping policy frameworks; labor organizations protecting workforce interests; and media partners amplifying our collective vision—all working in concert to transform fragmented industrial systems into models of sustainable prosperity.


<h2>How do we work together as stakeholders?</h2>
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At the heart of our collaborative approach lies the pioneering IntelliConference Series®, powered by our proprietary IntelliSynthesis® methodology—a revolutionary dialogue system designed to harmonize diverse perspectives from expansive stakeholder groups with remarkable efficiency. This carefully orchestrated process begins by assembling representatives from every sector within a given industrial ecosystem, each committing to engage with sequential rounds of strategically crafted questions that progressively deepen collective understanding. Our expert facilitation team distills these contributions into comprehensive digests that respect participants' time while preserving the full spectrum of insights, including valuable outlier perspectives that often catalyze breakthrough thinking. As shared understanding emerges, our process seamlessly transitions from exploratory dialogue to concrete action planning and decision-making, transforming diverse viewpoints into unified strategies for industrial transformation—a methodology refined through decades of implementation across North America's most complex industrial challenges.
=====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.  


<h2>What do we mean by sustainable life?</h2>
See [[Collaborative Industrial Optimization]].
Sustainable life is the long-lasting, harmonious co-existence of humans and nature.<h2>Why include Canada, the United States, and Mexico?</h2>
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Canada, the United States, and Mexico already engage in extensive cross-border commerce and can greatly benefit from improved coordination. Industry Action Plans are crafted for specific industrial systems and geographic regions while maintaining vital connections to all related plans, rather than producing isolated solutions. Unlike conventional studies that typically sit on a shelf, our dynamic process generates immediate, tangible outcomes through ongoing stakeholder engagement.
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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.

OnTrackNorthAmerica

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1700 Sansom Street, Suite 701

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Phone: +1 215-564-3004

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