Air Mobility Command - U.S. Air Force Anticipates Cargo Demand
Air Mobility Command - U.S. Air Force Anticipates Cargo Demand
2 Pages© 2020 Coupa Software. All rights reserved. CUSTOMER STORY Air Mobility Command - U.S. Air Force Anticipates Cargo Demand Responsible for the daily movement of military equipment and personnel around the world, the Air Mobility Command of the U.S. Air Force manages availability of an 1,100 aircraft fleet augmented with commercial airplanes as needed. Due to the explosion of e-commerce, confidentally anticipating demand up to 12 months in advance is paramount as they compete for excess capacity with the world’s largest retailers and package delivery services. As Donald Anderson, Assistant Director of Analysis, explained, the Command’s traditional methodology was time-series trend forecasting, which worked until “the world changed.” For example, a directive by the President
