Case Study: Air Mobility Command achieves proactive, accurate 12-month cargo demand forecasting with Coupa Software

Air Mobility Command - U.S. Air Force Anticipates Cargo Demand

Air Mobility Command (U.S. Air Force), responsible for global movement of personnel and equipment across a fleet of 1,100 aircraft and hundreds more commercial charters, faced uncertain demand visibility up to 12 months out. Their manual, time-series forecasting couldn’t keep pace with rapid shifts (including urgent presidential directives) and left them competing with major retailers for commercial lift without reliable, timely forecasts.

By deploying Coupa’s demand modeling—trained on a decade of movement and deployment data across 42 cargo forecasts—the Command can run advanced scenario analyses in minutes and forecast commercial aircraft needs 12 months ahead. Within two weeks of implementation the new models outperformed years of prior forecasts, enabling proactive demand recognition, faster decision-making, and improved timing and support for deployed troops.

Air Mobility Command

Donald Anderson

Assistant Director of Analysis