Could any change in supply chain tactics have allowed the supply line for Germany's storm troopers to remain intact during the Spring Offensive of 1918 and therefore changed the outcome?

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Aircraft had very limited payloads in the period.

What would much more likely have made a difference is if the German's had been able to maintain a sufficient amount of cavalry in the late war period. The British did that in anticipation of a break through and had some localized success with late war. This is detailed in great detail in Angelsey's History of the British Cavalry, which has several volumes on British cavalry during the war. It seems to me that it might be addressed a bit in Horses In the Trenches which also deals with (British) cavalry during the Great War. One of those two books (I believe the latter) notes how British infantry repeatedly reported that it was being closed on by German cavalry when in fact non appeared, as none existed for that use.

Transport remained largely horse drawn at the time and for the Germans, that remained the case during World War Two. If the Germans had been able to deploy cavalry followed by horse transport, that may have made the difference. However, the enormous horse attrition on the German side precluded this from occurring.