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Dialogue: A Conversation With a CSCMP Member

Citizen of the world

By MADELEINE MILLER-HOLODNICKI

A wealth of experience on four continents has given South Africa's Abré Pienaar a global outlook that's balanced by an appreciation of local sensitivities.

From the Quarter 04 2007 issue

Abré Pienaar exemplifies the expression "a citizen of the world." As chief executive of South Africa-based iPlan Industrial Engineers, he has supervised projects in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the United States. But Pienaar's global outlook is not simply a matter of being widely traveled. His experiences as an industrial engineer and as an academic have helped him become an open-minded observer of the interaction of technology and people in supply chain systems....

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