Something like this happened for a long time between Apple and NVIDIA, whose relationship has always been a bit complicated.

In 1986, Apple founder Steve Jobs came along. He bought Lucasfilm's computer division and turned it into a standalone company, Pixar. At first, the firm tried to sell computer hardware.

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...