Felplats

Felplats is a Swedish term that literally means "wrong place." In everyday and technical usage it denotes a situation where an object, element, or feature is located in the wrong place relative to a reference system, plan, or expectation. The term is descriptive and not tied to a single field, so its precise meaning is determined by context.

In manufacturing, logistics and warehousing, felplats refers to the incorrect placement of parts, tools, or goods in a work cell or storage location. Such misplacements can affect efficiency, inventory accuracy, and quality control. In information management and data systems, a data item or tag may be described as felplats when coordinates, category, or classification do not match the intended schema. In science and research, artefacts or samples may be denoted as felplats if their physical location or stratigraphic context is inconsistent with the expected record.

Etymology: felplats combines fel (wrong) and plats (place). Variants include felplacering or misplacering; in English the corresponding terms are misplacement or wrong location. The term remains a descriptive label rather than a fixed technical standard, and its exact scope varies with discipline.

See also: misplacement, mislocation, wrong location, felplacering.