Michael D. Bevis Joins Edict Systems as Executive Vice President

Michael D. Bevis Joins Edict Systems as Executive Vice President
Over 15 Years of Executive Management Experience Providing Products and Services
to Retailers 


DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 29  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advant-e Corporation  (BULLETIN
BOARD: AVEE)  announced today that Edict Systems, its wholly owned and sole
operating subsidiary, has employed Michael D. Bevis as Executive Vice President
effective September 29, 2003. In his new position, Mr. Bevis will lead the
company's efforts in sales, marketing, strategic planning and customer
relationship management.

Mr. Bevis brings many years of sales, marketing and senior level management
experience to Edict Systems. Most recently at Paxar Corporation, Mike headed the
Servisource1 service group after being promoted from Senior Director of
Marketing for the barcode printer group. Prior to this, he was with Huffy
Corporation for 24 years.  During his tenure at Huffy, Mike served as Vice
President of Marketing and Sales for four separate divisions eventually becoming
President and General Manager of Huffy Service First.

Regarding his new position, Mike stated, "The Edict team have done an impressive
job of becoming a leading solution provider in the vertical industries they have
targeted.  I look forward to joining them and assisting to drive new revenue and
expansion into other markets."

Commenting on the announcement, Jason K. Wadzinski, Chairman, CEO and President
of Advant-e and Edict Systems stated, "Mike is an accomplished marketing and
business development leader with a proven track record of building businesses
and developing executive level customer relationships. His experience in
strategic planning and development of new markets and customers offers much
promise to the continued growth of our company. His ability to set direction and
generate commitment should assist us in meeting and exceeding our goals and
objectives. We are very excited to have Mike join our team."

About Advant-e Corporation

Advant-e, via its wholly owned and sole operating subsidiary Edict Systems,
Inc., is a provider of Business-to-Business electronic commerce software and
Internet-based applications specializing in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
and XML-based solutions for recurring transactions. Advant-e specializes in
horizontal transaction services via EnterpriseEC(R), an Internet-based
Electronic Business Transaction Network, and within specific vertical industries
via web-based "vortals" including http://www.groceryec.com/,
http://www.retailec.com/, http://www.cpgsupplier.com/,
http://www.logisticsec.com/, and http://www.mfgec.com/. Additional information
about Advant-e Corporation can be found at http://www.advant-e.com/ and
http://www.edictsystems.com/ or by contacting investor relations at (937)
429-4288. The company's email is .

The information in this news release includes certain forward looking statements
that are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been
accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including
statements to the future financial performance of the company. Although the
company believes that the expectations reflected in its forward looking
statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or
any of its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Factors that
could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful
performance of internal plans, product development and acceptance, the impact of
competitive services and pricing, or general economic risks and uncertainties. 

DATASOURCE: Advant-e Corporation



CONTACT: Investor Relations of Advant-e Corporation , [phone], or





Web site:  http://www.advant-e.com/

http://www.edictsystems.com/ 

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