Claude Activate

Ten weeks from kick-off, your teams are using Claude on real work.

A fixed-fee programme for retail, ecommerce, warehouse and distribution businesses. We take you from your first Claude licence to three use cases that are built, tested and documented — and we train your own people to run them, so the capability stays with you.

Ten weeks: Four phases, from kick-off to closeout and handover. Delivered remotely, around your working week.
Three use cases: Built to production standard and tested with your own team. Not a pilot, not a demo.
Two MCP connections: Claude works directly with your data, scoped so people see only what their role permits.
Three Super Users: Trained on our PROOF prompting framework, with their Anthropic project workspaces set up alongside them.

The programme path

A ten-week programme, delivered in four clear phases.

We open with a structured discovery period, working with your sponsor and subject matter experts in short, scheduled sessions. The build itself happens in weeks five and six — our time, not yours — with a written progress report keeping you informed. We then return to train your team, hand over the documentation and close the programme properly. Everything is delivered remotely, around your working week.

Weeks 1–2

Discover & Diagnose

We begin with a formal kick-off, an audit of your Claude account and an honest assessment of readiness. Governance is agreed here — including a tailored Acceptable Use Policy — before any building starts.

Weeks 3–4

Foundation

Working with the people who will use them day to day, we scope and prioritise your three use cases, define what success looks like for each, and secure written sign-off on the scope.

Weeks 5–6

Activate

These are our build weeks. We construct and test the three use cases and configure the MCP connections into your systems. There are no sessions for your team to attend — a written progress report keeps you informed throughout.

Weeks 7–10

Embed & Scale

Your Super Users are trained, the use cases go through acceptance testing with your own team, and every piece of documentation is handed over. We close with an executive review and a ninety-day plan for what comes next.

Built for your sector

Sectors we know well.

We have delivered ERP, integration and AI projects in retail, ecommerce, warehouse and distribution environments collectively for the last 15 years. The sectors share common pressures — margin compression, data fragmentation, speed of decision-making and the need to do more with the same team. Claude Activate is designed for businesses facing exactly those pressures.

Retail & Ecommerce

Retail and ecommerce businesses run on high transaction volumes, thin margins and rapid stock turns. Decisions on buying, pricing and replenishment have to be made quickly, often with data spread across finance, operations and customer service teams.
Returns, delivery exceptions and shifting customer expectations put constant pressure on margin. Leaders need clear commentary on trading performance, range health and stock-flow risk without waiting for manual reports.
Claude fits naturally here: it can interpret trading and customer data, draft customer and supplier communications, and support weekly reviews so your team spends less time collating information and more time acting on it.

Warehouse & Distribution

Warehouse and distribution operations are cost-sensitive, labour-intensive and highly dependent on accurate demand forecasting. Fixed costs such as rates, rent and transport are significant, so small efficiency gains have a large cumulative effect.
Supervisors often spend more time on reporting, shift planning and exception handling than on the floor. Meanwhile, customers expect accurate stock visibility and reliable lead times, putting pressure on every touchpoint.
Claude helps by turning operational data into daily briefings, supporting shift handovers and exception summaries, and giving managers faster access to cost-to-serve insight and demand variance commentary.

Handover

What we hand over to your team

Three working use cases built to production standard, each with reusable prompt templates
Up to two MCP connections into your environment, fully configured and documented
A tailored Acceptable Use Policy and governance record your security team can review
A risk register entry covering AI-related risks and practical mitigations
A Super User handbook, adoption playbook and measurement scorecard
A clear ninety-day plan with recommendations and next steps

Your involvement

What we need from you

An executive sponsor for kick-off and the final review — just two short sessions across the ten weeks.
Up to three people from your team to become Super Users. They do not need to be technical; they need to understand how the business works.
Access to the right subject matter experts during weeks one to four, so we can shape the use cases around real tasks your people face.
A safe test environment with realistic, sanitised data for us to build and test against.
Timely decisions at the key gates, usually within five working days, so the programme keeps its momentum.
One internal owner to take the work forward after closeout, supported by the Super Users and everything we hand over.

Four Reasons Claude Activate delivers results

Use cases delivered to your business needs

We do not start with generic prompts. Every use case is scoped around the tasks, decisions and pressures your teams face daily, so what gets built is relevant from the first day.

Governance and account configuration

Account setup, access controls, an Acceptable Use Policy and a risk register are agreed in the first two weeks. Your security, data and leadership teams can see how everything is governed before any work begins.

Outcomes you can measure against real work

Each use case is built to production standard and tested with the people who will use it. Time saved, quality improved and decisions made faster are tracked against your own baseline so the value is visible.

AI Enablement for your leadership team

Your leaders and Super Users gain the confidence to sponsor, explain and extend AI use cases across the business. Prompts, playbooks and documentation are handed over so the capability continues to grow after we finish.

Why Aurora Collective

Built around how your business already works.

Our team has spent years working alongside ERP-run retail, ecommerce, warehouse and distribution businesses. We design every use case around the workflows, data and decisions your people manage day to day, and every output is written so it can be checked by a qualified person before it is used.

Governance before build

We educate your team on the governance that matters: account controls, acceptable use and risk management, aligned with UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU AI Act.

What happens next

Interested to learn more?

Discovery Call

We walk you through your business needs, your manual and labour-intensive processes, and the concerns and opportunities you want to address.

Clear Outcomes

We set out the use cases, connections and deliverables in a single document, so you know exactly what will be built, when and by whom — before any work begins.

Alignment and enablement

We agree the schedule for all ten weeks, confirm your Super Users, and open the account audit in the first week.

Fixed fee, agreed up front

No surprises. Just outcomes.

Claude Activate is delivered for a fixed fee, with the scope, timeline and deliverables set out in your Statement of Work before the programme begins. Your Anthropic subscription is separate and arranged directly with Anthropic.

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