It’s totally a management responsibility to plan for expected demand and communicate that to their employees. They have the sales data and that is the basis for demand planning. If you’re selling 100 cookies on a normal thursday, they have to check if this thursday looks normal or if there is something unusual going on (holiday periods, special occasions etc.) and then tell their employees to bake x cookies.
It’s totally a management responsibility to plan for expected demand and communicate that to their employees. They have the sales data and that is the basis for demand planning. If you’re selling 100 cookies on a normal thursday, they have to check if this thursday looks normal or if there is something unusual going on (holiday periods, special occasions etc.) and then tell their employees to bake x cookies.