Drawing on prior research, the value of scenario planning as a methodology for researching the future of purchasing and supply management (PSM) is explored. Using three criteria of research quality – rigour, originality and significance – it is shown how developing scenarios and analysing their implications present new, important research opportunities for PSM academics, practitioners, and leaders of the profession. Researching the future of PSM supports the identification of uncertainties and anticipates change across many units and levels of analysis of interest to PSM scholars and practitioners, such as the profession/discipline, markets/sectors, or organisations. Scenarios are particularly effective for: considering how the complex interaction of macro-environmental factors affects the PSM context; avoiding incremental thinking; surfacing assumptions and revealing significant blind spots. PSM research using scenarios aligns with Corley and Gioia's (2011) call for prescience-oriented research in which academics aim for more impactful research, enhancing sense-giving potential and theoretical relevance to practice, to better perform their adaptive role in society.

在先前研究的基础上，探索了方案计划作为研究未来采购和供应管理（PSM）方法的价值。使用研究质量的三个标准-严格性，独创性和重要性-展示了开发方案并分析其含义如何为PSM学者，从业人员和该行业的领导者提供了新的重要研究机会。对PSM的未来进行研究有助于发现不确定性，并可以预测PSM学者和从业人员（例如专业/学科，市场/行业或组织）感兴趣的许多部门和分析水平的变化。场景对于以下情况特别有效：考虑宏观环境因素的复杂相互作用如何影响PSM环境；避免渐进式思考；浮现假设并揭示明显的盲点。使用情境的PSM研究与Corley和Gioia（2011）的呼吁相一致，即以科学为导向的研究，其中学者旨在进行更有影响力的研究，增强赋予实践的意义和理论意义，以更好地发挥其在社会中的适应性作用。