360 Degrees of Partnership: Uniting Planners and Suppliers through Collaborative Business Processes within a Strategic Meeting Management Program, explores the new business relationships between planners and suppliers within an overarching business plan that aligns with a company’s unique mission, vision, landscape and culture. This will aid in the creation of a mutually beneficial system of process improvements, best practices, cost efficiencies and streamlined business management. Targeted at both planners and suppliers, meeting professionals will find a list of potential barriers to success and how to counter them; gains for both planners and suppliers; and practical steps of how to get there for mutual benefit.