OEMs, suppliers, fleets + intelligent machines
CONNECT THE COMPONENT FROM SUPPLIER TO ASSEMBLY TO SERVICE TO OWNER.
State of Stick, Co. gives vehicle components, service parts, fleet assets, robotics, autonomous systems, drones, mobility equipment, and manufacturing systems a persistent doorway to organization-controlled installation records, configuration guidance, warranty and authorized service, recalls, product passports, lifecycle updates, and measurable actions.
Applied beside the service plate
A durable, low-profile identity keeps approved support and lifecycle information with the machine in motion.
One platform · this application
THE INDUSTRY CHANGES.
THE PLATFORM DOES NOT.
A premium physical product is the deployment layer and valuable commercial entry point. Persistent identity connects it to a governed platform that can keep approved information, records, experiences, and actions useful over time.
STATE OF STICK PLATFORM
Identity
A shared, serialized, or higher-assurance record appropriate to the product and risk.
Management
Organization-controlled destinations, content, lifecycle states, and roles.
Analytics
Aggregate interaction and action signals tied to the physical touchpoint.
Authorization + verification
Approved access and trust signals without treating every interaction as authentication.
AI experiences
Optional assistance grounded in approved content—not the authority for safety, identity, or compliance.
Lifecycle records
Guidance, service, warranty, provenance, replacement, and next actions over time.
The responsible organization remains the authority for its records, instructions, access rules, claims, and systems of record. Connectivity can use the technology appropriate to the program; identification is not automatically authentication.
Michigan mobility is bigger than automotive
THINGS THAT MOVE AND MAKE.
Mobility crosses vehicles, suppliers, intelligent machines, logistics, infrastructure, defense, and the factories that make them. State of Stick provides the persistent physical-to-digital identity layer while each responsible organization keeps authority over its systems and records.
The idea is simple: put the right digital doorway on the component or machine so the person standing in front of it can get the right information or take the right action immediately.
Mobility idea 01
CONNECTED VEHICLE COMPONENTS
- Physical application
- A component, module, accessory, or service part receives a durable product identity.
- What happens at the asset
- An installer or technician opens the correct instructions, compatibility information, warranty path, and replacement record at the part.
- Business value
Mobility idea 02
SERVICE AND REPLACEMENT PARTS
- Physical application
- A service part or remanufactured assembly carries its own approved record.
- What happens at the asset
- A technician confirms the part context, opens current service guidance, records the next approved action, or requests a replacement.
- Business value
Mobility idea 03
FLEET AND FIELD ASSETS
- Physical application
- A trailer, utility vehicle, mobile generator, field case, or fleet attachment becomes a maintained touchpoint.
- What happens at the asset
- An operator reaches inspection guidance, support, issue reporting, and the responsible fleet system while at the asset.
- Business value
Mobility idea 04
ROBOTICS AND WAREHOUSE AUTOMATION
- Physical application
- A robot, autonomous material-handling unit, cell, or control station receives an identity tied to approved support.
- What happens at the asset
- An authorized operator opens setup, training, maintenance, lockout routing, or escalation appropriate to that machine.
- Business value
Mobility idea 05
DRONE SYSTEMS
- Physical application
- A training airframe, case, battery set, ground station, or approved subsystem carries a bounded record.
- What happens at the asset
- The right audience reaches public, training, maintenance, or support content without publishing locations, missions, vulnerabilities, or protected operations.
- Business value
Mobility idea 06
INDUSTRIAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Physical application
- A pump, press, CNC accessory, fixture, power tool, or installed system receives a persistent product record.
- What happens at the asset
- The customer opens manuals, care guidance, consumables, parts, warranty, service history, and a direct support or reorder path.
- Business value
Mobility idea 07
SMART INFRASTRUCTURE
- Physical application
- A charger, public mobility fixture, parking asset, station, or roadside installation becomes a maintained information point.
- What happens at the asset
- A user or service team reaches accessibility information, current instructions, issue reporting, or the approved service destination.
- Business value
Mobility idea 08
MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT AND WORKFORCE
- Physical application
- A workstation, training cell, quality reference, or machine-side resource wall connects to approved knowledge.
- What happens at the asset
- A learner or operator reaches the current procedure, setup video, checklist, form, or escalation at the place work occurs.
- Business value
Capability boundaries
WHAT EXISTS.
WHAT NEEDS A PARTNER.
State of Stick is not claiming OEM adoption or existing enterprise integrations. The practical opportunity is to begin with a bounded physical-to-digital pilot, prove the handoff, and let the responsible mobility organization define every authoritative record and operating rule.
Current platform capabilities
Functions State of Stick can demonstrate with its present platform and production workflow.
- Produce durable physical identity pieces and connected touchpoints
- Route a shared or individual identity to organization-controlled content
- Manage destinations, approved content, lifecycle states, and access paths
- Capture aggregate interaction and next-action reporting
- Demonstrate documentation, support, registration, and replacement journeys
Pilot-ready with a responsible partner
Focused programs that require the manufacturer, supplier, fleet, or operator to own the authoritative data and rules.
- Connected component and service-part records
- Installation, configuration, warranty, and authorized-service entry points
- Product passports and supplier-to-assembly-to-service lifecycle views
- Recall, bulletin, and lifecycle-update routing into an approved source
- Fleet, field asset, robotics, drone, and industrial-equipment support pilots
Exploratory applications
Directions that need integration, validation, security, regulatory, or operating partners before deployment claims are appropriate.
- Deep OEM, PLM, ERP, MES, dealer, fleet, or maintenance-system integrations
- Safety-critical control, automated eligibility, or compliance decisions
- High-assurance component authentication and chain-of-custody
- Autonomous-system operational workflows and protected defense mobility data
- Network-wide digital-product-passport interoperability
One idea, fully spelled out
A CONNECTED
DRIVE MODULE.
This is an illustrative platform demonstration—not a claim that a named manufacturer, supplier, or robotics company has adopted State of Stick.
- 1. THE PRODUCT
A Michigan supplier manufactures a drive module used in a robotic material-handling system.
- 2. THE IDENTITY
A thin, durable State of Stick identity is applied to the module or its service-accessible assembly.
- 3. THE TECHNICIAN
At the machine, an authorized technician opens the module record—without hunting through several portals.
- 4. THE EXPERIENCE
They see the approved model context, installation guidance, current service bulletin, replacement path, and support escalation.
- 5. THE PLATFORM
State of Stick keeps the physical identity, governed destination, access path, lifecycle state, and aggregate interaction reporting connected.
- 6. THE AUTHORITY
The supplier, OEM, and operator still own the engineering data, safety decisions, maintenance approval, and systems of record.
Lifecycle, not a one-time scan
KEEP THE RECORD
WITH THE ASSET.
State of Stick does not replace ERP, PLM, fleet, service, safety, or maintenance systems. It makes the approved doorway into those systems and experiences available at the physical asset.
- 01SUPPLIER
The responsible supplier assigns the component or service-part identity and approved product context.
- 02ASSEMBLY
The identity follows the item into assembly, installation, configuration, or commissioning.
- 03SERVICE
Authorized teams reach current guidance, warranty, bulletins, recalls, parts, and escalation.
- 04OPERATOR
The fleet, field, dealer, technician, or owner sees only the experience appropriate to that role.
- 05LIFECYCLE
Updates, replacements, retirement, and aggregate interaction signals remain connected to the asset.
A credible first move
START WITH ONE
MICHIGAN PILOT.
Choose one product family, one authoritative owner, one audience, and one measurable lifecycle action. Prove utility before adding integrations, higher-assurance verification, or broader deployment.
CONNECTED COMPONENT
One component family with an approved record, installation guidance, and replacement path.
MOBILE ASSET
One fleet, robotic, drone, or warehouse asset with current support and service entry points.
INDUSTRIAL MACHINE
One equipment line with manuals, parts, warranty, training, and lifecycle actions at the machine.