I agree and have actually made a few posts about this in that quality of life thread that was going on. I would personally love to see a system for crafting materials the same as an indy game i played called eden eternal.

The method was so simple, everytime you picked up an item it would automatically be sent to an inventory list with all the items in the game and how many of each you had. This would allow of easy filtering, for example you select weaver and it would show you all the materials related to weaving. This would save us spending hours sorting and shifting through materials on our retainers. Everything we need would always be available and neatly sorted. It would also keep our bags clean for usable items such as food and potions.

I know it's probably wishful thinking but it really does simplify the whole inventory management issue.