About Robert Newcombe, Barrington Consulting Group
Robert Newcombe is an Associate Partner with Barrington Consulting Group and the co-lead of the Barrington OPS practice. Robert has worked with clients in manufacturing, food processing, agriculture, healthcare and the public sector improve their processes, increase their productivity, and eliminate waste.
Robert led several projects for Access-A-Bus (Halifax Transit) and was instrumental in developing their continuous improvement strategy to reach the vision of guaranteed accessible transit and same-day service for all Access-A-Bus clients. He facilitated workshops and created value stream maps, process maps, standard work, and training material for staff at all levels.
Robert recently was engaged by Service Canada to improve their processes for entitling and printing passports. Robert created value stream maps for national virtual processing, Mississauga passport office, and the national processing hub. He analyzed data and helped developed a model to optimize resources and activities for faster passport processing with fewer errors. Robert is the designated trainer for time management and Microsoft Outlook for the Provincial Government of Nova Scotia and a personal productivity fanatic.