JFET_V3_N1_A4 R. Sivaprakasam V. Selladurai Journal on Future Engineering and Technology 2230 – 7184 3 1 16 19 Cellular manufacturing system, Cell formation, Genetic Algorithm Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS) is an application of Group Technology (GT) in which similar parts and machines are grouped into part families and machine cells. In this work, a metaheuristic called Genetic Algorithm (GA) is used to solve the machine cell formation problem. The objective considered was to minimize the intercellular movement of parts known as exceptional elements. The GA was tested on a number of problems of various sizes and its performance is evaluated. August - October 2007 Copyright © 2007 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=692