PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, November 15, 2007 – SCA Technologies LLC, a leader in Intelligent Cost Management solutions, has been awarded the 2007 “Press On” award by McDonald’s USA. Vishy Visweswaran, Chief Technology Officer at SCA, received the prestigious award at the McDonald's 2007 U.S. Supplier Summit, October 2007 at McDonald's headquarters in Oak Brook, IL.

“SCA Technologies has been a great supplier to McDonald’s USA and continues to bring tremendous benefit to the McDonald’s system,” said Dan Gorsky, Vice President, Supply Chain, McDonald’s North America.  “Their expertise and insight combined with their energy and willingness to collaborate, has helped us to make great strides in a number of important areas – most importantly, with their ongoing commitment and achievement to find creative technology and business solutions to drive long-term growth against the core McDonald’s U.S. business strategy,” added Gorsky.

“We are extremely honored to receive this award,” says Samarth Sarthi, founder and CEO, SCA Technologies LLC. “This recognition is especially meaningful as we enter our 10th year of relationship with McDonald's. Our commitment to providing value has been a cornerstone of SCA's philosophy since the beginning and it hasn't changed. Continued long term value to our customers and our long term approach to software and solutions distinguishes our relationship with our customers. Our goal is to provide increasing and sustaining value with our products and services in a way that contributes to growth and future for McDonald's, SCA, our employees, and our partners,” added Sarthi.

SCA Technologies provides McDonald’s USA services to optimize their supply chain network.

SCA Technologies LLC provides intelligent cost management solutions for manufacturing and operations management.  With their innovative technology that integrates cost and operations, optimization and predictive modeling, SCA helps its customers better manage their supply chain processes. SCA’s solutions help customers meet their supply chain planning and true cost analysis needs. SCA is also the recipient of the Supply Chain Excellence award by Supply Chain Council (SCOR), in 2001. Founded in 1997, SCA has its operations in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Delhi, and Bangalore and serves global companies in US, Europe, and APMEA region. For more information about SCA Technologies LLC, please visit www.sca-tech.com.

McDonald's USA, LLC, is the leading foodservice provider in the United States serving a variety of wholesome foods made from quality ingredients to millions of customers every day.  More than 80 percent of McDonald's 13,700 U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by local franchisees.  For more information on McDonald's visit www.mcdonalds.com.