diff --git a/frontend/src/views/ShopfloorDashboard.vue b/frontend/src/views/ShopfloorDashboard.vue
index 2527e33..d182cb9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/ShopfloorDashboard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/ShopfloorDashboard.vue
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@
             v-for="n in group.items"
             :key="n.notificationid"
             class="banner-strip"
+            :class="{ pending: n.upcoming || n.resolved }"
             :style="{ backgroundColor: getTypeColor(n.typecolor) }"
           >
+            <span v-if="stateLabel(n)" class="state-chip">{{ stateLabel(n) }}</span>
             {{ n.notification }}
           </div>
         </section>
@@ -47,14 +49,15 @@
         <section v-else-if="group.displaystyle === 'carousel'" class="recognition-section">
           <div
             class="section-title recognition"
-            :style="{ backgroundColor: getTypeColor(group.typecolor), color: textOn(group.typecolor) }"
+            :class="{ mixed: isMixed(group) }"
+            :style="headingStyle(group)"
           >{{ group.typename }}</div>
           <div class="recognition-carousel">
             <div
               v-for="(rec, idx) in group.items"
               :key="`${rec.notificationid}-${rec.employeesso}`"
               class="recognition-card"
-              :class="{ active: idx === carouselIndex(group) }"
+              :class="{ active: idx === carouselIndex(group), pending: rec.upcoming || rec.resolved }"
               :style="{ '--accent': getTypeColor(rec.typecolor) }"
             >
               <!-- A type that names no employee is a message, not a person:
@@ -78,17 +81,41 @@
                 <div v-if="hasEmployee(rec)" class="recognition-header">
                   <div class="recognition-name">{{ rec.employeename }}</div>
                 </div>
+                <!-- On a shared category row the heading names the category, so
+                     the card has to say which type it is. Named, not just
+                     coloured: colour alone is no use to a colourblind reader
+                     across a 1920 board. -->
+                <div class="chip-row">
+                  <span
+                    v-if="isMixed(group)"
+                    class="type-chip"
+                    :style="{ backgroundColor: getTypeColor(rec.typecolor), color: textOn(rec.typecolor) }"
+                  >{{ rec.typename }}</span>
+                  <span v-if="stateLabel(rec)" class="state-chip">{{ stateLabel(rec) }}</span>
+                </div>
                 <div class="recognition-message">{{ rec.notification }}</div>
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
+          <!-- One pip per card, so a reader knows how many are in the rotation
+               and how long until theirs comes back round. -->
+          <div v-if="group.items.length > 1" class="carousel-pips">
+            <span
+              v-for="(rec, idx) in group.items"
+              :key="`pip-${rec.notificationid}-${rec.employeesso}`"
+              class="pip"
+              :class="{ on: idx === carouselIndex(group) }"
+              :style="{ backgroundColor: getTypeColor(rec.typecolor) }"
+            ></span>
+          </div>
         </section>
 
         <!-- Grid - a row of tiles, cycling a page at a time -->
         <section v-else class="recert-section">
           <div
             class="section-title recert-title"
-            :style="{ backgroundColor: getTypeColor(group.typecolor), color: textOn(group.typecolor) }"
+            :class="{ mixed: isMixed(group) }"
+            :style="headingStyle(group)"
           >
             <span>{{ group.typename }} ({{ group.items.length }})</span>
             <span v-if="gridRangeLabel(group)" class="recert-range">{{ gridRangeLabel(group) }}</span>
@@ -105,7 +132,7 @@
               v-for="rec in gridPageItems(group)"
               :key="`grid-${rec.notificationid}-${rec.employeesso}`"
               class="recert-tile"
-              :class="{ 'message-tile': !hasEmployee(rec) }"
+              :class="{ 'message-tile': !hasEmployee(rec), pending: rec.upcoming || rec.resolved }"
               :style="{ '--accent': getTypeColor(rec.typecolor) }"
             >
               <template v-if="hasEmployee(rec)">
@@ -127,6 +154,7 @@
               <!-- No employee: the message IS the tile, so a grid type like
                    Awareness does not render rows of blank placeholder faces. -->
               <div v-else class="recert-message">{{ rec.notification }}</div>
+              <span v-if="stateLabel(rec)" class="state-chip tile-state">{{ stateLabel(rec) }}</span>
             </div>
           </div>
         </section>
@@ -264,7 +292,14 @@ const STYLE_ORDER = { banner: 0, carousel: 1, grid: 2 }
 // row, so same-category types of different styles still render separately.
 const styledGroups = computed(() => {
   const groups = new Map()
-  for (const n of notifications.value.current) {
+  // Upcoming cards belong here too. They used to be filtered into the standard
+  // Upcoming list, which drops anything with a special style - so a scheduled
+  // banner or carousel card rendered nowhere at all until it went live.
+  const tagged = [
+    ...notifications.value.current.map(n => ({ ...n, upcoming: false })),
+    ...notifications.value.upcoming.map(n => ({ ...n, upcoming: true }))
+  ]
+  for (const n of tagged) {
     if (!SPECIAL_STYLES.includes(n.displaystyle)) continue
     const heading = (n.boardcategory || '').trim() || n.typename || n.displaystyle
     const key = `${n.displaystyle}|${heading}`
@@ -282,6 +317,10 @@ const styledGroups = computed(() => {
     }
     groups.get(key).items.push(n)
   }
+  // Live cards lead each row; what has not started yet follows.
+  for (const group of groups.values()) {
+    group.items.sort((a, b) => Number(a.upcoming) - Number(b.upcoming))
+  }
   return [...groups.values()].sort((a, b) =>
     (STYLE_ORDER[a.displaystyle] - STYLE_ORDER[b.displaystyle]) ||
     a.typename.localeCompare(b.typename)
@@ -465,6 +504,29 @@ function getTypeColor(typecolor) {
   return aliases[typecolor] || typecolor || '#14abef'
 }
 
+// What a card's state chip says, or '' while it is simply live. Resolved is the
+// tail a type's grace window buys it; upcoming is scheduled and not yet showing.
+function stateLabel(item) {
+  if (item.upcoming) return `UPCOMING ${formatDateTime(item.starttime)}`
+  return item.resolved ? 'RESOLVED' : ''
+}
+
+// A row holding more than one type: the heading names a category, so it cannot
+// speak for any single type's colour or name.
+function isMixed(group) {
+  return new Set(group.items.map(item => item.typename)).size > 1
+}
+
+// A single-type row wears that type's colour. A mixed one keeps the neutral
+// heading, since picking the first type's colour just mislabels the rest.
+function headingStyle(group) {
+  if (isMixed(group)) return {}
+  return {
+    backgroundColor: getTypeColor(group.typecolor),
+    color: textOn(group.typecolor)
+  }
+}
+
 // Text colour for a heading painted an arbitrary type colour. Gold needs dark
 // text, navy needs white, and a site picks its own hexes - so this is computed
 // rather than a per-colour rule.
@@ -701,6 +763,14 @@ function handlePhotoError(e) {
   overflow: hidden;
 }
 
+/* A row of several types speaks for none of them, so it keeps the neutral
+   heading rather than wearing the first type's colour (or, via the per-style
+   fallbacks above, Recognition's gold and Recertification's blue). */
+.section-title.mixed {
+  background: #4181ff;
+  color: #fff;
+}
+
 .section-title.danger {
   background: #f5365c;
 }
@@ -732,9 +802,75 @@ function handlePhotoError(e) {
 
 .recognition-carousel {
   position: relative;
+  /* Enough for a photo card; a message-only card is shorter and leaves the
+     rest as breathing room rather than resizing the board every 8 seconds. */
   min-height: 170px;
 }
 
+.carousel-pips {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 8px;
+  justify-content: center;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+}
+.pip {
+  width: 14px;
+  height: 14px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  opacity: 0.35;
+  transition: opacity 0.4s ease, transform 0.4s ease;
+}
+.pip.on {
+  opacity: 1;
+  transform: scale(1.25);
+}
+
+.chip-row {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 10px;
+  margin-bottom: 8px;
+}
+
+/* Scheduled or just-ended cards stay legible but visibly quieter than live
+   ones, so a glance at the board never mistakes one for the other. Carousel
+   cards are dimmed only while ACTIVE: the inactive ones are held at opacity 0
+   by .recognition-card, and a plain .pending rule outranks it, which brought
+   the whole stack back into view on top of each other. */
+.recognition-card.active.pending,
+.recert-tile.pending,
+.banner-strip.pending {
+  opacity: 0.72;
+}
+
+.state-chip {
+  padding: 4px 14px;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  font-size: 18px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 1px;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);
+  border: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.45);
+  color: #fff;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.state-chip.tile-state {
+  font-size: 14px;
+  padding: 2px 10px;
+  margin-top: 8px;
+}
+
+.type-chip {
+  padding: 4px 14px;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  font-size: 20px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 1px;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  margin-bottom: 8px;
+}
+
 .recognition-card {
   position: absolute;
   top: 0;
@@ -774,6 +910,8 @@ function handlePhotoError(e) {
 }
 
 .recognition-content {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
   flex: 1;
 }