Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

V+ has kiln and smelter pull from chests. It's an evil luxury which I plan to keep using. The souls of those discorporeal surtlings work for me now, bwahahaha! Dump wood and ore in a nearby chest and walk away. Come back to find bright and shiny ingots waiting for you. Make sure to store wood you plan to keep further away, and turn off the use of other types of wood. It does wonders for my sanity, or so the dead surtlings tell me.

+1 for Valheim Plus mod. It's so. Damn. Good. Tons of QOL features, plus many ways to alter the game in ways that make it more enjoyable for you. After using it for my recent playthrough, I consider it a Must-Have mod.

Smelter, charcoal kiln, fermenters, and more. There's an option for them to pull resources from a nearby chest and deposit the refined goods in another chest. You don't even need to think about it. Just drop in whatever they want nearby, go on an adventure, then come back to everything being done. And there's a speed setting for it all, too.