diff --git a/frontend/src/components/DashboardCards.vue b/frontend/src/components/DashboardCards.vue
index 35752f8..847f3a1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/DashboardCards.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/DashboardCards.vue
@@ -18,11 +18,17 @@
       <!-- exceptions / list: one line per thing, each linking to itself -->
       <ul v-else class="dc-rows">
         <li v-for="(row, index) in visibleRows(card)" :key="index" class="dc-row">
-          <router-link v-if="row.link" :to="row.link" class="dc-row-title">
+          <router-link v-if="row.link" :to="row.link" class="dc-row-title"
+                       :title="row.titletip || undefined">
             {{ row.title }}
           </router-link>
-          <span v-else class="dc-row-title dc-row-nolink">{{ row.title }}</span>
+          <span v-else class="dc-row-title dc-row-nolink"
+                :title="row.titletip || undefined">{{ row.title }}</span>
           <span v-if="row.detail" class="dc-row-detail">{{ row.detail }}</span>
+          <span v-for="(chip, c) in row.chips" :key="c" class="dc-chip"
+                :class="'dc-chip-' + (chip.level || 'low')" :title="chip.title">
+            {{ chip.text }}
+          </span>
           <span v-if="row.meta.length" class="dc-row-meta">
             {{ row.meta.map((m) => m.text).join(' / ') }}
           </span>
@@ -204,6 +210,21 @@ defineExpose({ load })
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
+/* One chip per depleted supply. Bordered rather than filled: a row of solid
+   red pills reads as an emergency even when a cartridge is merely low. */
+.dc-chip {
+  flex: none;
+  padding: 0.05rem 0.4rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  color: var(--text);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  cursor: help;
+}
+.dc-chip-critical { border-color: var(--danger); color: var(--danger); }
+.dc-chip-low { border-color: var(--warning); }
+
 .dc-more {
   display: block;
   margin: 0.5rem 0 0;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dashboardCards.js b/frontend/src/components/dashboardCards.js
index 2b95d59..8f9e236 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dashboardCards.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dashboardCards.js
@@ -89,11 +89,34 @@ export function overflowCount(card) {
   return Math.max(0, rows(card).length - MAXROWS)
 }
 
+// Chips are the row's own small facts, each carrying a tooltip: a depleted
+// cartridge shows "Black 4%" and reveals the part number to order on hover.
+// The percentage says something is wrong; the tooltip says what to do about
+// it, which otherwise means opening the printer's page to find out.
+export function mapChips(card, item) {
+  const key = card.map && card.map.chips
+  const list = key ? item[key] : null
+  if (!Array.isArray(list)) return []
+  return list
+    .filter((chip) => chip && chip.text)
+    .map((chip) => ({ text: chip.text, title: chip.title || '', level: chip.level || '' }))
+}
+
+// A tooltip on the row title, for context that would clutter the line - a
+// printer's location, say. Never load-bearing: hover is not discoverable and
+// does not exist on touch, so nothing essential goes here.
+export function mapTitleTip(card, item) {
+  const key = card.map && card.map.titletooltip
+  return key ? (item[key] || '') : ''
+}
+
 export function cardRows(card) {
   return rows(card).map((item) => ({
     title: mapTitle(card, item),
+    titletip: mapTitleTip(card, item),
     detail: mapDetail(card, item),
     meta: mapMeta(card, item),
+    chips: mapChips(card, item),
     link: mapLink(card, item),
     timestamp: card.map && card.map.timestamp ? item[card.map.timestamp] : null,
   }))
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dashboardCards.spec.js b/frontend/src/components/dashboardCards.spec.js
index 3e7aa69..db7779b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dashboardCards.spec.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dashboardCards.spec.js
@@ -163,3 +163,42 @@ describe('gating', () => {
     expect(kept.map((c) => c.id)).toEqual(['ok'])
   })
 })
+
+describe('chips and tooltips', () => {
+  const printerCard = {
+    render: 'exceptions',
+    map: {
+      title: 'printername',
+      titletooltip: 'location',
+      chips: 'supplies',
+      link: '/printers/{printerid}',
+    },
+    _data: [{
+      printerid: 7,
+      printername: 'WJ-HP-402',
+      location: 'Cell B, north wall',
+      supplies: [
+        { text: 'Black 4%', title: 'CF226X (high)', level: 'critical' },
+        { text: 'Cyan 9%', title: 'No part number on file for this model', level: 'low' },
+      ],
+    }],
+  }
+
+  it('builds one chip per depleted supply, each with its reorder tooltip', () => {
+    const [row] = cardRows(printerCard)
+    expect(row.chips.map((c) => c.text)).toEqual(['Black 4%', 'Cyan 9%'])
+    expect(row.chips[0].title).toBe('CF226X (high)')
+    expect(row.chips[0].level).toBe('critical')
+  })
+
+  it('puts the location on the title as a tooltip, not in the line', () => {
+    const [row] = cardRows(printerCard)
+    expect(row.titletip).toBe('Cell B, north wall')
+    expect(row.detail).toBe('')
+  })
+
+  it('has no chips when a card declares none', () => {
+    expect(cardRows({ render: 'exceptions', map: { title: 'x' }, _data: [{ x: 'y' }] })[0].chips)
+      .toEqual([])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/plugins/printers/api/asset_routes.py b/plugins/printers/api/asset_routes.py
index 399f753..1aaed1e 100644
--- a/plugins/printers/api/asset_routes.py
+++ b/plugins/printers/api/asset_routes.py
@@ -1407,6 +1407,24 @@ def _shortsupplyname(name):
     return text or 'supply'
 
 
+def _reordertip(supply):
+    """What to order, for the chip's tooltip.
+
+    A percentage says a cartridge is nearly out; the part number says what to
+    buy, which is the next thing someone needs and today means opening the
+    printer's page to find it. Every capacity tier is listed, because the
+    report has always shown all reorder options.
+    """
+    parts = supply.get('partnumbers') or []
+    if not parts:
+        return 'No part number on file for this model'
+    return ', '.join(
+        '{}{}'.format(part['partnumber'],
+                      ' ({})'.format(part['capacitytier'])
+                      if part.get('capacitytier') else '')
+        for part in parts)
+
+
 @printers_asset_bp.route('/dashboard/supplies', methods=['GET'])
 @jwt_required()
 @require_permission('printers.view')
@@ -1429,22 +1447,21 @@ def dashboard_supplies():
         lows = [s for s in printer['supplies'] if s['status'] == 'low']
         if not criticals and not lows:
             continue
-        # Every depleted supply, criticals first. Listing only the worst class
-        # would hide a low cartridge behind a critical one on the same printer,
-        # and whoever walks out there wants to carry both.
-        worst = criticals + lows
+        # Criticals first. Every depleted supply is listed, not just the worst
+        # class - whoever walks out there wants to carry both cartridges.
         rows.append({
             'printerid': printer['printerid'],
             'printername': printer['printername'] or printer['assetnumber'],
-            'location': printer['location'],
-            'status': 'critical' if criticals else 'low',
-            # 'remaining' is the percent left. There is no 'percent' key -
-            # reading one rendered every cartridge as "None%" on the board.
-            'supplies': ', '.join(
-                '{} {}%'.format(_shortsupplyname(s.get('name')),
-                                s.get('remaining'))
-                for s in worst),
+            'location': printer['location'] or 'No location set',
             'iscritical': bool(criticals),
+            # One chip per depleted supply: what is low, and on hover what to
+            # order to fix it.
+            'supplies': [{
+                'text': '{} {}%'.format(_shortsupplyname(supply.get('name')),
+                                        supply.get('remaining')),
+                'title': _reordertip(supply),
+                'level': supply.get('status'),
+            } for supply in criticals + lows],
         })
 
     rows.sort(key=lambda r: (not r['iscritical'], r['printername']))
diff --git a/plugins/printers/plugin.py b/plugins/printers/plugin.py
index 85a75cd..b4df675 100644
--- a/plugins/printers/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/printers/plugin.py
@@ -306,8 +306,11 @@ class PrintersPlugin(BasePlugin):
                 'position': 40,
                 'map': {
                     'title': 'printername',
-                    'detail': 'supplies',
-                    'meta': [{'key': 'location'}, {'key': 'status'}],
+                    # Location on hover rather than on the line: it is context
+                    # for "where do I walk", not part of the finding, and it
+                    # was the text pushing rows past the card edge.
+                    'titletooltip': 'location',
+                    'chips': 'supplies',
                     'link': '/printers/{printerid}',
                 },
             },