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| = <center>Working together to redesign sustainable industrial systems so they work for everyone.</center> = | | {{DISPLAYTITLE:The OnTrackNorthAmerica Workspace}} |
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| [[Participation Options|{{Clickable button|<big>Interested in joining our initiative? Start Here!</big>}}]]
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| [[OTNA/CAPSI Ethics|{{Clickable button|<big>See our commitment to ethics</big>}}]]
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| [[VitalRail|{{Clickable button|<big>Check out our work on VitalRail here</big>}}]]
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| | ===Current IntelliConferences=== |
| | '''[[Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merger IntelliConference]]''' |
| | ===In-Gear Initiatives=== |
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| | ===Latest News=== |
| | The OTNA Workspace will soon be ready for members to join us in creating a better world through '''[https://ontracknorthamerica.org/collaborative-industrial-optimization-page/ Collaborative Industrial Optimization]''' |
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| === '''Have you noticed?''' === | | <div style="float:right; text-align:center; margin:20px;"> |
| High-level professionals from various industries attend conferences to discuss pressing challenges, but real breakthroughs often remain out of reach. That's why we created the '''Continental Action Plan for Sustainable Industry (CAPSI)'''. CAPSI brings together stakeholders from industrial sectors and impacted communities to develop actionable, transformative solutions. We believe there's ample opportunity for collaboration, and we'd love for you to join discussions that drive meaningful change.
| | [[Participation Options|{{Clickable button|<big>How to Participate</big>}}]] |
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| === '''How do we work together as stakeholders?''' ===
| | [https://sign.ontracknorthamerica.org {{Clickable button|<big>The OTNA Ethics Statement</big>}}] |
| We bring stakeholders together through '''IntelliConference®''' forums, using '''IntelliSynthesis®''', our structured question-and-response method that enables efficient input from large, diverse groups.
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| Participants from all relevant sectors are invited to ensure every perspective is heard. Each '''Participating Stakeholder''' agrees to respond to question rounds within seven days. Our '''CAPSI Facilitation Team''' then compiles and shares a digest of responses, saving time and highlighting key insights. Progress summaries include '''Action Buttons''' to help drive decisions.
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| Our team of '''Organizers, Facilitators, and Subject Matter Experts''' is ready to engage with you. We focus on identifying problems, gathering input, and turning ideas into action—while valuing outlier perspectives for the insights they bring.
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| '''Join us as a Participating Stakeholder''' to work directly with our team.
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| Or, if you’d prefer to stay informed as an observer, '''sign up for our biweekly updates'''.
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| === '''What do we mean by industrial systems?''' ===
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| Industrial systems comprise the complete set of commercial, policy, and planning activities involved in delivering materials and products for modern civilization’s survival and fulfillment. This encompasses 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.
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| CAPSI's initial Industry Action Plan (IAP) for rail and freight logistics is [[VitalRail]].
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| === '''What do we mean by redesign?''' ===
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| Redesigning industrial systems means working together to find and utilize ways to increase efficiency and reduce negative impacts. It begins with stakeholders establishing collective goals and pragmatic measures while recognizing the reality of prior strategies and investments. Redesigning may require judicious reconstruction, repurposing, and/or relocating some facilities. For instance, to create the most effective strategic mineral supply chain, we would intentionally position 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 a paradigm shift wherein organizations and individuals are incentivized to contribute to systemwide sustainability.
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| === '''What do we mean by sustainable?''' ===
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| Sustainable is our primary design goal for industrial systems: supporting the long-lasting, harmonious co-existence of humans and nature within our abundantly resourced, yet finite ecosystem.
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| === '''Who are the stakeholders?''' ===
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| You are all stakeholders, along with everyone involved in or affected by our industrial systems. Developing Industry Action Plans (IAPs) for sustainable industries requires complete stakeholder representation. OnTrackNorthAmerica has already cataloged more than 38,000 stakeholders across North America’s industrial, political, and geographic landscape. For each IAP we initiate, we invite additional stakeholders to work toward complete representation from all sectors, including academia, advocacy organizations, business, community, funders, government, labor, and media.
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| === '''Why include Canada, the United States, and Mexico?''' ===
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| Although Canada, the United States, and Mexico already engage in extensive cross-border trade, they can greatly benefit from the enhanced coordination provided by our IAPs. These are designed for specific industrial systems and geographic regions while maintaining crucial links to related plans, rather than creating isolated solutions. Unlike traditional studies that often remain unused on a shelf, our dynamic process delivers immediate, measurable results through continuous stakeholder engagement.
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