PRESS RELEASE
9 Nov 1995
Volvo Data wins 1995 Compass Prize

Volvo Data has been selected as 1995 winner of the prestigious Compass Prize for information technology.
The Prize is awarded annually by Nordic Compass Analysis to the company which has shown the greatest rate of improvement in its IT operations, combined with high quality throughout its operations in general.

In support of its decision, the jury stated:
‘For many years, Volvo Data has consistently given priority to improved efficiency and quality over the whole IT range.
Volvo Data has:
- made significant improvements in overall efficiency and production economy
- improved quality and increased levels of service
- acquired hardware and software at lower cost while simultaneously optimising resource utilisation'.
Previous winners of the Compass Prize, which has been awarded since 1985, have been ABB, Ericsson, the Norwegian company Fellesdata, the Danish Ministry of Agriculture's EDP Centre (Landbrugets EDB-Center), and the Danish companies Baltica and SDC. Last year's winner was SAS Data. Volvo Data has won the Compass Prize twice before.
Apart from the honour, the Prize itself consists of a British Army Compass from the First World War.
‘The Prize is an important source of inspiration in our work towards improvement', said Göran Kling, Managing Director of Volvo Data AB. ‘Sampling gives us a good idea of how our quality and productivity are developing over time, and how we stand relative to other parts of the industry'.
‘Now, receiving the Compass Prize is solid proof that we are meeting our own high standards. It is also a great success for all our employees, who have worked wholeheartedly to provide the Volvo company with world-class IT services'./ins

For further information please contact:
Holger Lissvall, Information Manager
Volvo Data AB
405 08 Gothenburg
Sweden
Tel: +46 3166 7521
Fax: +46 3166 7711

Ulf Johansson, Managing Director
Nordic Compass Analysis AB
Askims Timmermansväg, 11
436 44 Askim
Sweden
Tel: +46 3128 4873
Fax: +46 3128 1028

Facts about Compass:
Nordic Compass Analysis AB is part of the Compass Group, which operates worldwide. The company is a specialist in benchmarking: measurement, comparison, and analysis of efficiency quality and costs in IT.
Since starting in Sweden in 1979, over 3,000 analyses have been carried out for clients in 27 countries. In Scandinavia alone, over 120 Compass analyses are carried out annually in applications development, data production, networking, and the client/server environments.
Prizes similar to the Scandinavian Compass Prize are also awarded annually by the other companies in Europe and the USA.