I've been playing for some time using dfhack's "autolabor" feature, and it streamlines things immensely. Granted, it ends up essentially just turning on every

I've been playing for some time using dfhack's "autolabor" feature, and it streamlines things immensely. Granted, it ends up essentially just turning on every profession for every dwarf, but it's still possible to restrict workshops to certain dwarves. For example, you might have a carpentry workshop set to produce endless amounts of wooden shields, but only allow skilled carpenters access to it.