Michael D. Bevis Named President and COO of Edict Systems

Michael D. Bevis Named President and COO of Edict Systems
Proven Management Experience Provides Opportunity for Additional Leadership
Responsibilities 


DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advant-e Corporation
(OTC:AVEE) (BULLETIN BOARD: AVEE)  announced today that Edict Systems, its
wholly owned and sole operating subsidiary, has promoted Michael D. Bevis to
President and Chief Operating Officer. In his new position, Mr. Bevis will lead
the company's efforts in senior level management, sales, marketing, strategic
planning, customer service and product development.

Mr. Bevis joined Edict Systems in September of 2003 as Executive Vice President
and immediately brought senior level management in the areas of sales,
marketing and customer relationship management. Prior to Edict, Mike headed the
Servisource1 barcode printer service group for Paxar Corporation. Mike also
provided management and sales direction for Huffy Corporation during their
formative growth years in the 1980s an 1990s.  Mike's tenure at Huffy found him
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 continues to deliver
excellent results as a leading solution provider for Internet-based
business-to-business electronic commerce solutions. Assisting this talented
group in driving new revenue and expansion with new customers and markets will
continue to be both challenging and interesting. I welcome the opportunity to
lead one of Dayton's fastest growing companies."

Commenting on the announcement, Jason K. Wadzinski, Chairman and CEO of
Advant-e stated: "Mike has proven to be an exceptional leader for Edict Systems
over the past year and I am pleased that he has agreed to accept additional
responsibilities. I am confident that Mike's skills and experience will allow
Edict to achieve its goals and objectives."

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 solutions including http://www.groceryec.com/ ,
http://www.retailec.com/ , http://www.cpgsupplier.com/ , http://www.mfgec.com/
, and http://www.webedi.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],

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http://www.cpgsupplier.com/

http://www.mfgec.com/

http://www.webedi.com/

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